Bible Quote by William Lyon Phelps

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

— Don Herold

True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is…

— Jimmy Breslin

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

I've lived my entire life in New York, and it informs everything.

— Stephen Adly Guirgis

One’s life and passion may be elsewhere, but New York is where you prove if what you think in theory makes sense in life.

— Miuccia Prada

Things always change, and New York teaches you that.

— Richard Hell

One of the reasons why I chose to live in New York was that there is this sense of your environment constantly changing.

— Taraka Larson

Growing up in New York is like living in a horror museum because there are so many strange people walking the streets and riding…

— Christopher Walken

In New York, you are forced into having very public lives and observing all types of people, what they sound like, what they're reading,…

— Nick Kroll

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 hayseeds…

— O. Henry

I really believe that you grow up a certain way in New York. There's a New York morality, a sense of loyalty. You know…

— James Caan

New Yorkers are extremely varied, of course, but we are generally sharing an urban and civilized experience.

— Steven Rinella