“In New York and New England the sap starts up in the sugar maple the very day the bluebird arrives, and sugar-making begins forthwith. The bird is generally a mere disembodied voice; a rumor in the air for two or three days before it takes visible shape before you.” TwoThreeVoiceAirNew YorkShapesBirdEnglandMereVisibleSugarRumorNew EnglandSapMapleBluebird Book:The Art of Seeing Things: Essays Source: The Art of Seeing Things: Essays
“Weekdays, New York City's financial district bustles with activity. Its streets are rivers of rushing humanity, its air is thick with the sounds of traffic.” HumanitySoundCitiesAirStreetsNew YorkActivityRiversFinancialNew York CityThickTrafficRushingBustleWeekdays Author:Jennifer Dunning
“I remember in 37 when trolley cars were so big in New York. It was five cents for a ride... There used to be open-air buses, and you could go up a spiral staircase and sit up on top. Those were great, great days.” BigsRememberUsedFiveAirCarNew YorkUsed To BeBusCentsSpiralsGreat DayStaircasesTrolleysSpiral Staircases Author:Tiny Tim
“Travel by air is not travel at all, but simply a change of location; so my wife and daughter and I went to San Francisco by train, leaving Boston on a Wednesday morning in June and, then after lunch in New York, boarding Amtrak's Broadway to Chicago.” MorningWifeAirNew YorkDaughterTrainLeavingMy WifeChicagoLunchLocationBroadwayBostonSan FranciscoJuneWednesdayWife And DaughterAmtrakWednesday Morning Book:Broken Vessels: Essays Source: Broken Vessels: Essays
“Evelyn Waugh was in error when he said that in New York there was a neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistook for energy. There was, rather, a tensile excitement in the air which made one think - made me think for many years - that time spent asleep in New York was somehow time wasted. Whether this thought has lengthened or shortened my life I shall never know, but it has certainly colored it.” ThinkingKnowsYearsMadeSaidEnergyAirNew YorkErrorsExcitementWasting TimeNeurosisWasted TimeTime Spent Book:Hitch 22: A Memoir Source: Hitch 22: A Memoir
“On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents underground makes you wonder if there isn't one giant sweat gland lodged beneath the city.” IfsSoulCitiesWonderMillionsAirNew YorkSummerEightGiantsRisingVisibleNew York CitySweatSteamSummer DaysGlands Author:Diane Ackerman
“If you're from New York and you're Catholic, you're still Jewish. If you're from Butte Montana and you're Jewish, you're still goyisch. The Air Force is Jewish, the Marine Corps dangerous goyisch. Rye Bread is Jewish, instant potatoes, scary goyisch. Eddie Cantor is goyisch, George Jessel is goyisch-Coleman Hawkins is Jewish.” IfsStillsForceAirDangerousNew YorkCatholicScaryBreadInstantPotatoesMarineMarine CorpsAir ForceMontana Author:Lenny Bruce
“I used to live in New York and now I live in L.A., and somehow I've become a different person because of the air and what I see every day, and I think we all do.” ThinkingPersonsDifferentUsedAirNew York Author:Veena Sud
“Toronto I've worked in so many times so you kind of just know every store, every hotel, every - it's really close to New York so it's awesome for my children so if I have to go home for two days it doesn't take very much time. Except for Air Canada. Air Canada is the worst part.” IfsKnowsKindChildrenTwoHomeAirWorstNew YorkStoresMy ChildrenCanadaHotelTwo DaysToronto Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“I remember flying with Air India to New York quite a few years ago now and I love Indian food, so the fact that I had a curry on board was fantastic.” YearsFactsRememberAirNew YorkYears AgoIndiaFlyingFantasticIndianBoardsCurryIndian Food Author:Phil Collins
“Hillary Clinton flew with President Bush to New York City on Tuesday. She was amazed at the changes aboard Air Force One. For eight years she believed that flight attendants couldn't wear clothes because it made the plane too heavy.” YearsMadeForcePresidentCitiesAirNew YorkClothesClintonHeavyEightFlightPlanesNew York CityAmazedPresident BushFlewTuesdayAir ForceFlight AttendantAir Force One Author:Argus Hamilton
“I grew up in New York City where there is no night sky. Nobody has a relationship with the sky, because, particularly in the day, there was air pollution and light pollution, and you look up, and your sight line terminates on buildings. You know the sun and maybe the moon, and that's about it. So what happens is that I am exposed to the night sky as you would see it from a mountaintop, and I'm just struck by it. Suppose I grew up on a farm where I had that sky every night of my life - then you're not going to be struck by it. It's just the wallpaper of your nighttime dome.” KnowsLooksLightHappensNightLinesCitiesSunAirSkyNew YorkBuildingGrewMoonGrew UpSightLook UpFarmsNew York CityExposedEvery NightPollutionNight SkyNighttimeDomesAir Pollution Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I remember going into a raggedy studio, still with my work uniform on. At the time, I was driving money trucks for Wells Fargo, so I had my gun and hat, which weighed me down in the heat. It was 97 degrees here in New York, and they had to turn the air conditioner off because it was too loud. So, I say, "Damn, it's hot in here!" That's how we came up with the song, "Damn, It's Hot." It was from our soul. We just got together, sang and made our own lyrics.” WellsMadeStillsSoulTogetherRememberSongTurnsAirNew YorkDegreesGunHotStudiosDrivingLoudDamnHeatHatsUniformsTruckFargoAir ConditionerWells Fargo Author:Sharon Jones
“When I was in New York working for [Frederick] Kiesler, at night I listened to Jean Shephard who lasted from 1957 until 1976 and then went off the air. But also I was listening to Long John Nebel. Now, Long John was what Art Bell and George Noory do now.” LongArtNightAirNew YorkListeningArt IsBells Author:Paul Laffoley