Jokes Quote by Ed Koch

People come to New York City because they want something different... now, people are just getting the sterilized version of that.

— Robert Anasi

The people from the suburbs are bringing along their suburban values: cleanliness, orderliness, safety - dullness, in other words. As a result, urban areas…

— Rem Koolhaas

Its all big money, high rent, high prices in New York City now. The poor people completely got rolled over. I've never seen anything…

— Ralph Bakshi

New York is such a competitive place; it tears people apart. People come here and, if they can't make it in the first month,…

— Moby

When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.

— Fran Lebowitz

New York is dead. It's too expensive.

— Carl Andre

I grew up in Queens, which is the most diverse borough: the rich and the poor and homeless and people of every sexual orientation…

— Billy Eichner

You can survive in New York without much, if you're careful. You have to make your own food at home, and don't buy a…

— Ilana Glazer

I feel like people just let each other live a little more in New York.

— Babatunde Adebimpe

For me, the only drag about the whole thing is that a lot of my childhood friends had to be relocated to the outskirts…

— Victor Rasuk

I am a New Yorker. I like New York. And I like cities. And it's not my desire to make New York more suburban.…

— Fran Lebowitz

New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It is, however, the most exciting heterogeneous mess of a…

— Carter Burwell