Brooklyn Quotes

220 quotes by 182 authors

I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. I grew up in a very Jewish neighbourhood and thought the whole world was like that. My parents… — Unknown Author
The whole point of bike-sharing is to give New Yorkers another way to commute. A lot of folks in Bay Ridge work in downtown Brooklyn… — Sal Albanese
I lived in Park Slope, which is probably one of the most homogenized areas of Brooklyn. No offense to Park Slope. — Stephanie Beatriz
I came up in Brooklyn singing doo-wop music from the time I was 13 to the time I was 20. That music served a purpose… — Richie Havens
I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her… — Dani Shapiro
I was born in Brooklyn, delivered by a Chinese doctor on a table in a boarding house on Sept. 23, 1920. — Mickey Rooney
Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn. — Hakeem Jeffries
I remember being very young and going to AA meetings with my father in Brooklyn. I thought it was fun because they served hot chocolate… — Rochelle Aytes
I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn. — Joe Torre
Bob Smith from Brooklyn is a guy who sometimes gets hung with problems and fears. Wolfman Jack is a happy-go-lucky guy who knows how to… — Wolfman Jack
I grew up in Manhattan, and now I live in Brooklyn. — Paul Dano
Spring and fall in New York are the best seasons here to get out and about. I like the little park in Dumbo between the… — Paul Dano
The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I… — Zack Wheat
I grew up in an inner city neighborhood called the Benson Hurst section of Brooklyn, which was a very embracing, warm, family-type neighborhood. — Anthony Fauci
Shooting in Brooklyn is like opening a time capsule. Nothing has changed. Everything looks like it did in the eighties. — Freddie Prinze Jr
I could have easily been a statistic. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., it was easy - a little too easy - to get into trouble.… — Al Sharpton
On a personal note, I was born in Brooklyn. My folks moved out to Long Island when I was quite young, but once a Brooklynite,… — Mitch Kapor
I grew up in Brooklyn, and my parents were Holocaust survivors, so they never taught me anything about nature, but they taught me a lot… — Louie Schwartzberg
In the Bronx, you have the southern Italians; in Queens, the Greeks, Koreans and Chinese; in Brooklyn, the Jewish community; and in Harlem, the Hispanics… — Daniel Boulud
My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. — Frank McCourt

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