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York Quotes by Dave Barry
- A hundred years ago, it could take you the better part of a year to get from New York to California; whereas today, because of…
- At the height of rush hour, people on the London underground actually say "excuse me." Imagine what would happen if you tried an insane stunt…
- Everybody in New York, including police horses, dresses fashionably, and whenever I'm there, even in my sharpest funeral-quality suit with no visible ketchup stains, I…
- Although it was constructed in 1536, the New York subway system boasts an annual maintenance budget of nearly $8, currently stolen, and it does a…
- Within less than an hour, Chuck and I easily located what could well be the correct platform, where we pass the time by perspiring freely…
- If he (The New York Taxi Driver) talked to me, he might lose his concentration, which would be very bad because the taxi has some…
- 9 saw the first direct-dialed long-distance telephone call, between New York and San Francisco. Of course, back in that primitive era the parties had to…
- I suspect that LaGuardia is an elaborate prank, and New York has a real airport nearby that only locals know about.
- New York Taxi Rules: 1. Driver speaks no English. 2. Driver just got here two days ago from someplace like Segal. 3. Driver hates you.
More York Quotes
- I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't… — Ellen Barkin
- We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply. — Michael Bloomberg
- I really like my life right now. I have friends around me all the time. I’ve started painting more. I’ve been working… — Taylor Swift
- The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living. — Finley Peter Dunne
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam… — Diane Ackerman
- As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times.… — Kevin Bacon
- The Hamptons are usually filled with what I had hoped to leave behind in New York City. — Mario Batali