“Thomas A. Edison was once reluctantly persuaded by his wife to attend one of the big social functions of the season in New York. At last the inventor managed to escape the crowd of people vying for his attention, and sat alone unnoticed in a corner. Edison kept looking at his watch with a resigned expression on his face. A friend edged near to him unnoticed and heard the inventor mutter to himself with a sigh, "If there were only a dog here!"” PeopleIfsBigsLastsFacesSocialAttentionWatchesWifeHeardDogNew YorkExpressionSeasonsFunctionCrowdsCornersSatSighInventorUnnoticedResigned Author:Edmund Fuller
“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
“If I miss anything, it's being able to hang out in the city of New York meeting people and talking to them on the corner.” PeopleIfsAbleCitiesTalkingMissingNew YorkMeetingsCornersHanging Out Author:Grace Paley
“If you're in an urban city like New York, the corner markets are fantastic sources for tulips and roses.” IfsCitiesNew YorkSourceRoseCornersFantasticUrban Author:Clinton Smith
“It is Hillary's [Clinton] star power that radiates to every corner of the ballroom. New York bigwigs, such as financial-media impresario Michael Bloomberg, attorney and labor mediator Theodore Kheel, and District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, crane to see her.” StarsMediaNew YorkLaborClintonFinancialCornersAttorneyBallroomCranesMediatorsTheodore Author:Gail Sheehy
“I was thinking about New Mexico, and I rounded the corner in New York, and there was a New Mexico license plate: "New Mexico, land of enchantment."” ThinkingLandNew YorkCornersMexicoPlatesLicenseEnchantmentNew MexicoLicense Plate Author:William S. Burroughs