Best New York Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“When I started studying acting in New York, I didn't plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting because I felt it was something I needed to try to do for myself, to express something, my inner pain, or something I couldn't get out.”

Trying Action Wanted Pain Felt Acting Study Plans New York Hero Needed Action Heroes

Author:Dolph Lundgren

“Acquiring an aggressive, honest, and communicative agent with actual relationships in real-live New York publishing houses is, in my opinion, the single most important move that a writer who aspires to be successful can make.”

Important Real Moving House Opinion Successful Honest New York Agents Being Successful Aggressive Publishing Aspire Publishing House

Author:John Lescroart

“I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.”

Cities New York Involved New York City Mayors Deputies

Author:Joe Lhota

“I'm never surprised by the insensitivity of 'The New York Times' editorial board.”

New York Boards New York Times Editorials Insensitivity

Author:Joe Lhota

“I have gone to Albany constantly in my capacity as budget director, because I don't think the way the transit authority works with the City of New York is very appropriate.”

Thinking Way Cities Gone New York Directors Authority Capacity Budgets Appropriate Albany

Author:Joe Lhota

“I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had a Category 1, 2 or 3 hurricane in New York.”

Ifs Firsts Happens New York Involved Meetings Maps Categories Hurricanes

Author:Joe Lhota

“Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemoriam in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York.”

People Has Beens Philosophy Party New York Approach Labels Mayors

Author:Joe Lhota

“I did not want to leave the Mets and I did not want to leave New York.”

Want New York Mets

Author:Al Leiter

“I want to be in New York. It's the place to be.”

Want New York

Author:Mandy Moore

“When I was 18, I joined the Screen Actors Guild, and after college I came to New York.”

Actors New York College Screens Guilds

Author:Marla Maples

“New York is my, you know, second hometown.”

Knows New York Hometown

Author:Masaharu Morimoto

“Instead of putting Americans to work, the Teamsters have been busy yanking members off projects and idling construction projects from California to Indiana to New York in order to shake down employers.”

Has Beens Order New York Members Projects Busy California Shakes Construction Employers Indiana Construction Projects

Author:Michelle Malkin

“I started working at the age of 2, doing commercials and modeling in New York.”

Age New York Modeling

Author:Nancy McKeon

“New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allen's stories.”

Way Doe Character Stories New York Function Woody

Author:Radha Mitchell

“I'd love to do something on Broadway. I'd love to spend some time in New York.”

New York Broadway

Author:Richard Madden

“I'm a New York story.”

Stories New York

Author:Steve Madden

“When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.”

Actors House Stage Car New York Summer Garage Making A Living Stage Actors

Author:William H. Macy

“Investment banks started recruiting at Harvard back in the day, and they'd fly me down to New York City and I was so poor so I would take advantage of the free flight, the per diem, the hotel. And then I would go audition for stuff.”

Stuff Poor Cities New York Advantage Investment Flight Hotel New York City Auditions Harvard Back In The Day

Author:Dean Norris

“You look around New York, and we are surrounded by restaurants and food trucks, and we celebrate food in this city like no tomorrow.”

Looks Cities New York Tomorrow Celebrate Restaurants Truck Food Trucks

Author:Chris Noth

“I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career.”

Art Careers New York London Dramatic Academy

Author:David Naughton

“I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.”

Trying Ideas Character Cities New York Identity London Hotel Venice Soho

Author:Jean Nouvel

“I love New York City.”

Cities New York New York City I Love New York

Author:Li Na

“My brother knows more about film sets than I do, because he works at New York Film Academy.”

Knows Film New York Brother My Brother Academy Film Set

Author:Elizabeth Olsen

“If you want to see theater you go to New York.”

Ifs Want New York Theater

Author:John O'Hurley

“I like New York in the spring and in the fall. It's one of the best cities to walk that I've ever been in.”

Fall Walks Cities New York Spring

Author:Terry O'Quinn

“I grew up as a really sick kid; I had really bad childhood asthma and was at home all the time in New York.”

Home Kids Childhood New York Grew Grew Up Sick Asthma Sick Kids

Author:Josh Peck

“How many pizzas are consumed each year in the United States? How many words have you spoken in your life? How many different peoples names appear in the New York Times each year? How many watermelons would fit inside the U.S. Capital building? What is the volume of all the human blood in the world?”

“Without the New York Times, there is no blog community. They'd have nothing to blog about.”

Funny Community New York Thoughtful Blogs New York Times Blogging

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“New York is the city of privilege. Here is the seat of the Invisible Power represented by the allied forces of finance and industry. This Invisible Government is reactionary, sinister, unscrupulous, mercenary, and sordid. It is wanting in national ideals and devoid of conscience... This kind of government must be scourged and destroyed.”

Kind Government Force Cities New York Industry Conscience Ideals Privilege Jew Invisible Finance Destroyed Seats Sinister Reactionaries Mercenary

Author:William Jennings Bryan

“If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.”

Ifs Thinking I Can Body Would Be New York Lists Fabulous New York Times Sellers Tattooed Best Sellers

Author:Camilla Lackberg

“I was born and raised in New York City, Manhattan, uptown.”

Born Cities New York Raised New York City Manhattan Descent Born And Raised Uptown

Author:Ana Ortiz

“Being in New York City is the best because I'm always walking, taking the subway and walking up and down the stairs - whether you like it or not, you're going to get exercise.”

Cities New York Walking Exercise New York City Up And Down Stairs You Like It Subway

Author:Ana Ortiz

“I think New York is a really wonderful place to raise a child. There's so much available, and so much diversity and culture, lots of things to see and do. My whole family is here.”

Thinking Children Whole Culture Wonderful New York Diversity Raises Available Whole Family Wonderful Places

Author:Ana Ortiz

“The most important thing is to find the balance between city and nature. I have that 'hippie quality' - my husband is a super-hippie Los Angeles boy - so we'll have to make time to go to Puerto Rico, and upstate New York, and be sure we get to do outdoorsy stuff like that.”

Important Stuff Cities Quality Boys New York Balance Husband Important Things Los Angeles My Husband Hippie Making Time Puerto Rico Rico Upstate New York

Author:Ana Ortiz

“I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.”

Jobs New York I Love New York

Author:Adepero Oduye

“When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.”

Known Comedy New York Actresses

Author:Aubrey Plaza

“I have no plans to have any other home than Moscow. However, I love to travel, and I'm very comfortable in New York. In many ways, it reminds me of Moscow in its energy and drive.”

Way Home Energy Plans New York Comfortable Moscow

Author:Mikhail Prokhorov

“New York is a lot more fun than L.A.”

Fun New York

Author:Sara Paxton

“I've almost been hit by a lot of things in New York City. I am pretty sure I have almost been hit by a bike messenger before.”

Cities New York New York City Bike Messengers I Am Pretty

Author:Sasha Pieterse

“I got my heel stuck in a drain as I was crossing the street and cars were coming. It was really scary. A girl in heels in New York is a hard combination.”

Hard Girl Streets Car New York Scary Stuck Combination Heels Crossings Drains Really Scary Crossing The Street

Author:Sasha Pieterse

“There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.”

Reason Shows New York Technique Crafts Collections No Reason

Author:Zac Posen

“When I was a teenager, if you'd asked me, I would have said I was in a relationship with New York City. It was my first real love.”

Ifs Firsts Said Real Cities New York Teenager New York City Real Love

Author:Aleksa Palladino

“Even though New York may be a more inspiring city, I get more inspired thinking of L.A., in a way. My life there was so much more simple in mind, and quiet.”

Thinking Way Mind May Simple Cities New York Quiet Inspired

Author:Aleksa Palladino

“Coming to New York is like a big hug, everyone is so welcoming. There's something about here, everyone makes you feel so at home. I miss my family of course, but I don't miss London that much. I was worried, but I feel really at home. Everyone says that who comes here from London, but I didn't believe them.”

Feels Believe Home Bigs Courses Missing New York My Family London Welcome Worried Hug

Author:Archie Panjabi

“If you're a citizen of the State of New York, your kid has as much a right as another kid to an education, and the best education. The money should be distributed equally to all.”

Ifs Should States Kids New York Citizens Best Education

Author:Carl Paladino

“I find the older I get, the lower in weight I go. It's harder to recover. Living in New York City, working a job that is unpredictable and at times stressful, you're lifting way more than your max because you need to push some weight around. You put an extra plate on for the release, and then you're sore the next week. Its stress release.”

Way Needs Jobs Next Cities Week New York Weight Stress Harder Release Extras New York City Plates Unpredictable Lifting Max Stressful Next Week Stress Release

Author:Danny Pino

“In New York, I much prefer playing older because as characters get older, they get more interesting.”

Character Interesting New York

Author:Danny Pintauro

“What I'm having is this conflict in my life right now, that in New York, I see my directing friends and I see acting friends and they've all got this level of passion about either or both of those directions that I've never really found myself having.”

Passion Found Levels Acting New York Right Now Conflict Either Or

Author:Danny Pintauro

“New York is a character, all on its own, and whenever you film there, it becomes part of the show. That's just the nature of being there.”

Character Shows Film New York Being There

Author:Hunter Parrish

“I like what I see now in China, but I think the Japanese are a step ahead into craziness and weirdness. I go to galleries there that are the size of a New York elevator, and every time I'm surprised by the amazing things I find. I really hope I'll be able to promote some of these artists, to show their work in the West.”

Thinking Shows Able Artist Steps New York West Size China Gallery Amazing Things Elevators Craziness Weirdness

Author:Jean Pigozzi

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