America Quote by Russell Shorto

Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.

— M.I.A

New York interposed itself, once and for all, between me and all other places of origin.

— Joseph O'Neill

There are two New Yorks - Manhattan and everything else. I'm a Manhattanite. I feel sorry for those people who aren't.

— John Catsimatidis

First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

— Leonard Cohen

I grew up in Manhattan on the Upper East Side.

— Laura Linney

I grew up in Manhattan, and now I live in Brooklyn.

— Paul Dano

New York had all the iridescence of the beginning of the world.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

When I grew up, I was in Manhattan the whole time. But my kids have been all over the world.

— David Duchovny

I love Manhattan.

— Samantha Bond

New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been.

— Ethel Waters

There is no place like America. Between the stunning skyline of New York and the bright lights of Hollywood it is out there.

— Martha MacCallum

Do I like Manhattan? No. Do I want to be in Manhattan? No.

— Dave Portnoy