“Well, I'm kind of an urban girl, I like big cities. I like New York, I like London, I like L.A. I like people, I get lonely, really, really easily. But, I think it was good. It was very different and I think that's good.” PeopleThinkingWellsKindDifferentBigsGirlCitiesNew YorkLonelyLondonUrbanBig CitiesGirl I Like Author:AnnaSophia Robb
“All I know about 1970s New York City is that it's where I grew up, and you always have an umbilical connection to the time and place of your growing up. It was cheap, didn't have too many people in it, you could go to the movies or whatever on the spur of the moment, you could get by without working too much and especially without involving yourself in the corporate world.” PeopleKnowsWorldMomentsCitiesGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingNew YorkGrewGrew UpConnectionsCorporateNew York CityInvolvingSpursCorporate WorldToo Much WorkSpur Of The Moment Author:Luc Sante
“My ideal city is more like the city (New York and Paris come to mind, but it sort of applies to all) that existed up to and including the 1930s, when different classes lived all together in the same neighborhoods, and most businesses of any sort were mom-and-pop, and people and things had a local identity.” PeopleMindDifferentTogetherCitiesClassNew YorkIdentityMomIdealsIncludingPopsLocalsParisNeighborhood1930s Author:Luc Sante
“New York. Truly, this is the only city that I feel this energy. Everyone is accepted. This is the first place that I felt open and that I can do everything.” FeelsFirstsI CanEnergyFeltCan DoCitiesNew YorkAccepted Author:Elie Tahari
“I absolutely love the balance between New York and Miami because I go to New York and I get so inspired and it's really busy and it's like the real city and then I come to Miami and I'm just in a happy place.” RealCitiesNew YorkBalanceInspiredBusyMiamiHappy Place Author:Nina Agdal
“What I did suffer when I was young was because I was sort of a hick coming into New York City. I was made fun of by a lot of the Factory people. Even Andy Warhol thought I was a hick.” PeopleMadeYoungSufferingFunCitiesNew YorkNew York CityFactoriesWarholHicks Author:Kristen Stewart
“Yesterday in New York City, Donald Trump officially changed his political affiliation from Republican to Independent. And Donald's hair has switched from pelt to carpet sample.” PoliticalCitiesNew YorkChangedHairTrumpRepublicanIndependentYesterdayNew York CityCarpetSampleAffiliation Author:Jay Leno
“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
“I made my performance debut in New York City downtown on the Lower East Side in college doing awkward performance art as a go-go dancer at Lady Starlight's Party. And I never thought that my love for mediocre performance art and bad mime would ever come to use in my career as an actor. But my fantasies came true and I got to play Maureen in Rent.” ArtMadePlayUseActorsSidesPartyCitiesCareersFantasyNew YorkCollegePerformancesEastDancerNew York CityAwkwardMediocreDowntownDebutStarlightPerformance ArtMimeEast Side Author:Annaleigh Ashford
“Just like New Yorkers themselves, the trees in New York [city] work harder than any others in the world.” WorldCitiesTreeNew YorkHard WorkHarderNew York CityNew YorkersWork Harder Author:Andy Warhol
“It's a beautiful city, and the waterfront area is fantastic. I haven't had time to visit the theatre, but I find it remarkable that Toronto has the third-largest English-speaking theatre district in the world, after New York and London. I once noticed a fellow sitting on a bench, then I realized it was a statue of Glenn Gould. It's very realistic.” WorldBeautifulCitiesHavensNew YorkSittingAreasThirdsFellowsLondonTheatreI RealizedFantasticRemarkableRealisticStatuesBenchesTorontoEnglish SpeakingBeautiful CityThe Waterfront Author:Donald Trump
“I love New York, Chicago, London, St. Bart's and Italy but one of my fave cities in the whole world is San Francisco. Why? Those are all places that I love to go to cause it feels good to me personally when I'm there.” WorldFeelsWholeCausesCitiesNew YorkLondonWhole WorldFeel GoodChicagoSan FranciscoI Love New YorkFave Author:Steve Perry
“U.S. News Organizations observe the anniversary of September 11 with investigations about the nation's continuing vulnerability to terrorism. First, the New York Daily News reports that two of its reporters carried box cutters, razor kinves, and pepper spray on fourteen commerical flights without getting caught. Then ABC News reports that it smuggled fifteen pounds of uranium into New York City. Then Fox News reports that it flew Osama bin Laden to Washington, D.C., and videotaped him touring the White House.” FirstsTwoHouseNationsWhiteCitiesNew YorkNewsOrganizationCaughtBoxesTerrorismFlightVulnerabilityReportsPoundsWhite HouseNew York CityInvestigationContinuingFifteenSeptemberReportersFoxesTouringFlewBin LadenSeptember 11FourteenRazorsSprayOsama Bin LadenFox NewsPeppersUraniumCuttersDaily NewsPepper Spray Author:Dave Barry
“Everybody's in New York and, hopefully, my younger kids will go to college in New York and find something they want to do so they'll stay in the city” WantKidsCitiesNew YorkCollegeHopefully Author:Robert De Niro
“I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an adult have great memories of the jazz clubs that were all located on 52nd Street. I still catch as many jazz shows as I can when I am in New York. And when I perform, I have my jazz quartet by my side. Jazz musicians keep things spontaneous and very "live," which is the way I like to perform.” WayStillsI CanShowsSidesMemoriesCitiesGrowing UpGrowingStreetsNew YorkMusicianAdultsJazzClubsNew York CitySpontaneousJazz MusicJazz MusicianQuartetsGreat Memories Author:Tony Bennett
“Its all big money, high rent, high prices in New York City now. The poor people completely got rolled over. I've never seen anything like it in my life. It's disgusting.” PeopleBigsPoorCitiesNew YorkNew York CityDisgustingPoor PeopleHigh Prices Author:Ralph Bakshi
“I read that book How to Hug a Porcupine [by Julie Ross] - it's my parenting bible. They say you have to trust your children and give them freedom. I say, OK, but this is New York City!” GivingChildrenBookCitiesNew YorkOur ChildrenYour ChildrenNew York CityHugPorcupines Author:Kelly Ripa
“Yeah, no one really grows up competing in the bobsled. You have to be 16 years old before you can even drive one. And there are really only two places in the country where you can bobsled - Park City, Utah, and Lake Placid, New York.” YearsTwoCountryGrowsCitiesGrowing UpNew YorkYeahParksLakesCompetingUtahPlacidLake Placid Author:Elana Meyers
“I wouldn't have known anything about Catholicism if I hadn't been dating Gert. In those days, Catholics were much less ecumenical than they are today. Gert was always of the mind that she wouldn't go to another church except the Catholic Church. So when I would date her in New York City and later when we went to Oxford before we got married we always went to the Catholic church.” IfsMindTodayChurchCitiesKnownNew YorkMarriedDatingCatholicCatholicismNew York CityCatholic ChurchOxford Author:Wesley Clark
“Hi, this is Bernard Fanning from Powderfinger. I'm in New York at the moment, and we've been walking around the city, it's pretty strange. I was walking along with Darren and Cogsy yesterday and we saw this guy playing cards, a little two up type swindle, and he ripped this guy off for like one hundred bucks in like, ten seconds, and the guy started complaining so he just packed up his shop and left! And it was the smoothest swindle any of us had ever seen. So that was probably the highlight of our trip here so far.” LittlesTwoMomentsGuyLeftCitiesSawsNew YorkStrangeTypeWalkingTenHundredComplainingYesterdayCardsShopsSecondsThis GuyBucksRippedHighlightsDarrenPlaying Cards Author:Bernard Fanning
“New York is part of the natural world. I love the city, I love the country, and for the same reasons. The city is part of the country. When I had an apartment on East Forty-Eighth Street, my backyard during the migratory season yielded more birds than I ever saw in Maine.” WorldCountryReasonNaturalCitiesSawsStreetsNew YorkBirdSeasonsEastFortyApartmentNatural WorldBackyardsMaine Author:E. B. White
“Speaking of Margaret Sanger, Grandson Alexander Sanger, head of Planned Parenthood of New York City, said: She made people accept that women had the right to control their own destinies.” PeopleMadeSaidCitiesAcceptingDestinyNew YorkParenthoodNew York CityPlanned ParenthoodGrandson Author:Margaret Sanger
“It's a big change for a country boy like me, to be in the limelight in New York City. It was most definitely a tough adjustment.” CountryBigsCitiesBoysNew YorkToughLike MeNew York CityAdjustmentLimelightBig ChangesCountry Boy Author:Brandon Jacobs
“There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.” PeopleKindLittlesIdeasDifferentSoundTermCitiesGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkSightGood ThingsSmellOver ItNew York CityExposedDifferent KindsGet OverPhysical Things Author:Olivia Thirlby
“I happened to write a book about the stuff I've been involved in over the years. It just so happened that my profession is that I was a cop in the New York City Police Department. I guess people thought it was pretty interesting to have these two things meshed together. My life is pretty boring, I don't know why they're doing this. It's fun.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsTwoBookTogetherLife IsFunStuffInterestingCitiesHappenedNew YorkInvolvedPoliceBoringProfessionTwo ThingsDepartmentNew York CityCopPolice Department Author:Ralph Sarchie
“I've worked with the Warrens. For about 20 years. I was really good friends with Ed. Ed and Lorraine. We went our separate ways, there were a few differences. In their organization, being that they were from Connecticut, I started the New York City chapter of the organization and handled things in New York. But eventually I was out on my own. But I've been friends with them for a long time.” WayYearsLongDifferencesMy OwnCitiesNew YorkLong TimeOrganizationNew York CityChaptersGood FriendConnecticutReally Good FriendsLorraineSeparate Ways Author:Ralph Sarchie
“In a city like New York, especially for young professionals who aren't in a family situation, most people don't cook for themselves. This is the only city I've ever lived in where I eat out every night.” PeopleYoungNightCitiesSituationNew YorkCooksEvery Night Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.” FeelsCitiesStageNew YorkLike YouExciting Author:Alan Rickman
“In the United States, you can put on a cowboy hat and join the country-western neighborhood. If you're down below 14th Street in New York City, that's bohemian; that's left-wing.” IfsCountryStatesLeftUnitedCitiesUnited StatesStreetsNew YorkWingsWesternHatsNeighborhoodNew York CityCowboyLeft WingBohemianCowboy HatCountry Western Author:David Lee Roth
“BMX riding breaks down racial perceptions. Coming from New York City and being a BMX rider, that isn't something that's too common. I feel like for the longest time, I would ride through certain neighborhoods and people would call me a "white boy" because they associated white boys from California with BMX riding, and it bugs me so much because I'm completely not that. I completely don't fit that mold. It's really important for me to bring BMX riding to the masses and show people exactly what it is.” PeopleFeelsImportantShowsCertainWhiteCommonCitiesBoysBreakNew YorkFitPerceptionMassCaliforniaNeighborhoodCall MeNew York CityRidingBreaking DownBugsMoldRidersBmx Author:Nigel Sylvester
“I mean, we must act with intelligence. We must work on this framework, so that immigration becomes an asset to both nations. Believe me, what - just the Mayor Bloomberg said here in New York, that this city would be stopped, totally stopped if it were not by the immigrants working here.” IfsBelieveMeanSaidWould BeNationsCitiesNew YorkImmigrationImmigrantsAssetsBelieve In MeFrameworkMayors Author:Vicente Fox
“I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city.” IfsThinkingShouldDifferentEnergyChanceCitiesNew YorkNew York CityPlaces To LiveLiving In The City Author:Odette Annable
“I've always had a love affair with New York City, and I've threatened to get an apartment there one day. But it just made sense for me to set 'Burlesque' on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. It's a place I know intimately well and love, and I think there's a great story to be told with L.A.” ThinkingKnowsWellsMadeStoriesCitiesNew YorkOne DayAnd LoveAffairSunsetLos AngelesNew York CityApartmentThreatenedLove AffairBurlesque Author:Steve Antin
“The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.” PeopleWorldGovernmentCareInterestPartyCitiesIssuesSpecialHonestNew YorkDeserveIndependentFocusedBeing HonestBossNew York CityNew YorkersMayorsSpecial Interests Author:Sal Albanese
“New York City isn't Chuck E. Cheese. We don't have ball pits for the kids to play in. We have titty bars and crack.” PlayKidsCitiesNew YorkBallsBarsCracksNew York CityCheesePitsChuckChuck E Cheese Author:Jon Stewart
“The counties with the highest per capita income aren't near New York City or Los Angeles - they're in the Washington, D.C. area - a one-company town where the company is the government. The three counties with the highest incomes in the entire country are all suburbs of Washington. Eleven of the 25 counties with the highest incomes are near Washington.” CountryGovernmentThreeCitiesCompanyNew YorkHighestAreasTownsIncomeLos AngelesNew York CityElevenCountySuburbs Author:Ann Coulter
“I have never lived in New York City, but a lot of people think that I am a New Yorker, because I was embraced by the Downtown scene since the 1980s. For the record I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.” PeopleThinkingBornCitiesRecordsNew YorkSceneRaisedCaliforniaLos AngelesNew York CityNew YorkersDowntownBorn And Raised Author:Vaginal Davis
“Only Los Angeles could produce a creature such as myself. New York is a boutique city. You have to be wealthy and of privilege to be able to live comfortably there.” AbleCitiesNew YorkProduceCreaturesPrivilegeLos AngelesWealthy Author:Vaginal Davis
“In New York, unlike Holland, there are newspaper stands on every corner. That was a big headline all over the city.” BigsCitiesNew YorkCornersNewspapersHeadlinesHolland Author:Ari Marcopoulos
“The violence in New York feels really mundane and banal to me. Whereas in the privacy of one's own home, say, like the farm I grew up on in Vermont, the kinds of things that can happen seem much more extreme. Maybe because it's more personal. Or maybe because you block out the things that happen in the city. But it's like seeing things born, live, die, fall apart, and start over again, without any intermediary clean-up steps from some corporate organization.” FeelsKindHomeSeemsHappensDiesFallBornCitiesStepsViolenceSeeingNew YorkGrewGrew UpOrganizationCleanExtremesBlockCorporatePrivacyFarmsFalling ApartStarting OverMundaneVermont Author:Elizabeth Neel
“I went to New York for a research trip, just because it has these iconic street canyons. It's one of the few cities that has sidewalks that are wide enough for a sea of umbrellas to be there.” EnoughCitiesSeaStreetsNew YorkResearchWideUmbrellaIconicSidewalkCanyons Author:Saschka Unseld
“The 1980's witnessed a new dance genre in New York City and Los Angeles. Slam Dancing was perhaps a way for adolescent males to deal with the stressors of maturation, aggressive personal feelings, and violence in the society at large. Through dancing, the youths expressed raw power and rage while achieving euphoria, enhanced self-concept, and a healthy fatigue.” WaySelfFeelingsDealsCitiesViolenceAchieveNew YorkYouthHealthyConceptsDancingMalesRageGenreLos AngelesNew York CityAggressiveFatigueSlamEuphoriaSelf ConceptStressorsPersonal Feelings Book:Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress Source: Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress
“Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day.” CitiesDemocracyClearNew YorkElectionBarsNew York CityElection DayElectorate Book:Afterthoughts Source: Afterthoughts
“Drug warriors' staunch opposition to needle exchanges to prevent the spread of HIV in addicts delayed the programs' widespread introduction in most states for years. A federal ban on funding for these programs wasn't lifted until 2009. Contrast this with what happened in the U.K. At the peak of the AIDS epidemic in the mid-1990s, the HIV infection rate in IV drug users in the U.K. was about 1%. In New York City, the American epicenter, that figure was 50%. The British had introduced widespread needle exchange in 1986. That country had no heterosexual AIDS epidemic.” YearsCountryStatesCitiesHappenedFiguresNew YorkDrugProgramRateSpreadBritishAidsWarriorOppositionNew York CityContrastUsersAddictIntroductionFundingHivNeedlesBansEpidemicsWar On DrugsInfectionDelayedAids Epidemic Author:Maia Szalavitz
“I love New York, but it's a rough city. It's not dangerous now the way it was in the 70's or the 80's, but it's still a rough city. It's hard to hack it there. Life is harder than it is on the West Coast. To be able to deal with that, you have to have a lot of aspirational feelings pinned on being there.” WayStillsHardFeelingsAbleLife IsDealsCitiesDangerousNew YorkHarderWestRoughCoastBeing ThereHacksLife Is HardWest CoastI Love New York Author:Greta Gerwig
“I love just seeing shots of New York inside of a fictional movie that are not controlled. I do not like shots with extras, I have to say. I don't mind extras in other scenes, but I love New York City streets just as they look. I don't even care if someone looks at the camera. It doesn't bother me.” IfsMindLooksCareCitiesSeeingStreetsNew YorkSceneShotsCamerasBotherExtrasControlledNew York CityI Love New YorkCity Streets Author:Greta Gerwig
“Why are some people like Chuck Schumer, who`s probably going to be leader of the Senate, why is he switching from a big city financial center pro-trader to being an anti-trader? Is that because of upstate New York? What`s going on? I can`t figure this out.” PeopleI CanBigsCitiesLeaderFiguresNew YorkFinancialSenateChuckTradersBig CitiesSwitchingUpstate New York Author:Chris Matthews
“I love shooting in New York because I love the city. Ultimately, I like doing it there and the city is important to the story, but it can be hard to shoot where you live too because it is so all-absorbing.” ImportantHardStoriesCitiesNew YorkShootingAbsorbingWhere You Live Author:Greta Gerwig