Manhattan Quotes

211 Manhattan quotes by 185 unique authors

The horse could not do without Manhattan. It drew him like a magnet, like a vacuum, like oats, or a mare, or an open, never-ending,… — Mark Helprin
I looked across the river to Manhattan. It was a great view. When Sadie and I had first arrived at Brooklyn House, Amos had told… — Rick Riordan
As the old saying went, the Manhattan Project wasn't built in a day. Or was that Rome? Something to do with Earth, anyway. — Alastair Reynolds
Juno: "The heroes of olympus must unite! After your victory over kronos in manhattan...well I fear that wounded jupiter's self-esteem." Percy: Cause I was right… — Rick Riordan
If man can live in Manhattan, he can live anywhere. — Arthur C. Clarke
If you’re purely after facts, please buy yourself the phone directory of Manhattan. It has four million times correct facts. But it doesn’t illuminate. — Werner Herzog
Manhattan in the morning is a living stream of Purpose; everyone's got a place to be and a problem on their mind. That doesn't mean… — Laura Anne Gilman
Dear Isabelle, Alec is about to have a nervous breakdown. If you do not immediately desist planing my wedding to your brother, I will come… — Cassandra Clare
Far below ran the silver ribbon of the East River, braceleted by shining bridges, flecked by boats as small as flyspecks, splitting the shining banks… — Cassandra Clare
A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all… — Elwyn Brooks White
Hale looked at Macey, who added, "Seven minutes since shots fired." "Kat what's the emergency response tie in Midtown Manhattan?" "Not long enough if they… — Ally Carter
I was an accidental banker. To please my parents, I went for an interview with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1983. They promised to send me… — Jacqueline Novogratz
Manhattan is increasingly less available to average-income earners. — Janine di Giovanni
I did a lot of community theatre and met a manager that worked out of Philadelphia, and she started sending me up to New York… — John Gallagher, Jr.
Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world. — Noah Baumbach
Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture. — M.I.A.
I love Manhattan. — Samantha Bond
Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan. — Eddie Trunk
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
Seeing New York in the movies is what made me want to live in Manhattan one day. I eventually got my wish, and the city… — Robert Osborne
I would have liked to be on the streets of Manhattan during 9/11. My working theory is that people are much kinder to each other… — Claire Cameron
After graduation in June of 1984, I moved to Manhattan. My first stop was a psychiatrist, who in less than our first fifty-minute session again… — Andy Behrman
I do think we need more cameras. We have to stay ahead of the terrorists, and I do know in New York, the Lower Manhattan… — Peter T. King
For everyday diners in Manhattan, cracking the waiting list at Nobu is said to be harder than getting courtside tickets for the Knicks. — David Chang
We can no better imagine what will be happening on the moon 500 years from now than Columbus could imagine contemporary Manhattan. Except to say… — Seth Shostak

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