Uptown Quotes

39 quotes by 30 authors

When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me on… — Michael Bloomberg
I think of shock as kind of an uptown form of surprise. Comedy is filled with surprise, so when I cross a line... I like… — George Carlin
Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it, but… — George Carlin
Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs. — Ruth Gordon
When I was a struggling actress in New York in my 20s I worked in a burger joint called Diane's Uptown. Â IÂ actually loved… — Sandra Bullock
I fell in love with it. Walking around just feels so cinematic. I find the aris- tocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the… — Imogen Poots
I don't believe people die. They just go uptown. To Bloomingdales. They just take longer to get back. — Andy Warhol
Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I had some speaker… — Junior Brown
No one expects a Broadway musical comedy to be in the vanguard of what is bohemian, raunchy, folkloric, academic or aggressively experimental. That is not… — Margo Jefferson
Uptown is for people who have already done something. Downtown is where theyâ€™re doing something now. I live uptown but I love downtown. — Andy Warhol
But in New York, itâ€™s differentâ€”even uptown itâ€™s really grand, and thereâ€™s no real segregation there. Itâ€™s all mixed up. — Imogen Poots
I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they… — Al McGuire
She looks uptown, but she ain't really. She's into football, she likes my chili. — John Anderson
I was born and raised in New York City, Manhattan, uptown. — Ana Ortiz
I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened. — Loretta Lynn
Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time and for, I guess, the following well, this is where… — Robert Rauschenberg
Look, did you ask me to come all the way uptown just so you could stare at me like I was something in a petri… — Cassandra Clare
As we drove uptown, I spotted a Kmart on a corner,with its familiar red sign.I cleared my throat."Wait. Can we stop for a minute?" "What… — L.A. Weatherly
Let me tell you something 'bout these rich Uptown folk," said Cokie. "They got everything that money can buy, their bank accounts are fat, but… — Ruta Sepetys
And the flavor of Pippa's kiss--bittersweet and strange--stayed with me all the way back uptown, swaying and sleepy as I sailed home on the bus,… — Donna Tartt

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30 authors contributed a total of 39 Uptown Quotes, led by these top contributors: