Chance Quote by O. Henry

You'd think New York people was all wise; but no, they can't get a chance to learn. Every thing's too compressed. Even the hay-seeds…

— O. Henry

When you travel around the country, you see what a tough town New York is: rude, competitive, a town where good, logical ideas are…

— Woody Allen

The trouble with New York today is that it's lost its balance. I love the new, greener New York, but it takes all kinds…

— Brian Cox

New Yorkers are smart.

— Jeanine Pirro

I mean, even New York isn't in any great shape anymore in relation to the rest of the world.

— Paul Laffoley

You can have a lot of New York and still see what's going on in the rest of the world, I think - like…

— Diana Ross

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

Everything in New York ain't always what it seems.

— Too Short

People think New York is this big city where no one knows each other, but when you live in the Village, it's the opposite.

— Nigel Barker

There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.

— Don Herold

In the end, the only thing the true New Yorker knows about New York is that it is unknowable.

— Pete Hamill

The people really are what make New York City great.

— David Dinkins