Knows Quote by Drew Magary

I wish my parents had raised me in Manhattan because I think it's the greatest thing you can do for a kid is to…

— Woody Allen

At 19, I had a family. I'm from Brooklyn, that's not Manhattan. All the people I know are not connected with the business. That…

— Jimmy Smits

I didn't have parents I could take a million dollars from. We were a lower-class family.

— James Caan

New York was always more expensive than any other place in the United States, but you could live in New York - and by…

— Fran Lebowitz

I've still got family members living below the poverty line in New York.

— Tracy Morgan

My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.

— Howard Schultz

My parents weren't rich at all.

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York.

— Josh Radnor

New York should be a place where everyone can afford to live.

— Letitia James

I was from very poor people: 11 of us in a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. I wanted the large houses, the cars, jets, and yacht.

— Neil Sedaka

Do you know New York stifles me? It makes me so unhappy. There are so many things I want, and so many things I…

— Dorothy Gish

I was born on the other side of the tracks, in public housing in Brooklyn, New York. My dad never made more than $20,000…

— Howard Schultz