“After one month with a saxophone shoved in my mouth, my military combatant's enthusiasm disappeared completely. Instead of flying choppers behind enemy lines, I started to fantasise about living in New York, London or Paris.” LinesBehindsEnemyCreativityMilitaryNew YorkMonthsMouthsLondonFlyingEnthusiasmParisSaxophoneChoppers Book:The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics Source: The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics
“The politicians of New York...see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy” EnemyNew YorkPoliticianSpoil Author:Bill Vaughan
“My God, the suburbs! They encircled the city's boundaries like enemy territory and we thought of them as a loss of privacy, a cesspool of conformity and a life of indescribable dreariness in some split-level village where the place name appeared in the New York Times only when some bored housewife blew off her head with a shotgun.” NamesLossLevelsCitiesEnemyModernNew YorkBoundariesBoredPrivacyVillageConformityTerritorySplitsModern LifeNew York TimesSuburbsHousewifeIndescribableShotguns Book:John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings Source: John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings
“The politicians of New York as not so fastidious as some gentlemen are, as to disclosing the principles on which they act. They boldly preach what they practice...if they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right, the advantages of success. They see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy.” IfsMatterEnemyPrinciplesPracticeSuccessfulNew YorkPoliticianOfficeAdvantageClaimsGentlemanRetiringDefeatedSpoilFastidious Author:William L. Marcy
“I got into DJ'ing because I started to listen to New York radio a lot. Obviously, I knew the stuff everybody knew, like Beastie Boys and Public Enemy, but I heard "Who Got the Props" by Black Moon, and I went up to this kid in my school with the Walkman on and was like, "What is this? You must tell me how I can get this now." Because there was no Shazam or googling lyrics.” I CanKidsSchoolStuffBlackEnemyBoysHeardNew YorkMoonRadioPropsDjsPublic Enemies Author:Mark Ronson
“The Bible stands apart from all other books, and has survived and will survive all the attacks of its enemies. It is like the electric torch that shines over the water of New York Bay, struck by the wing of many a seabird that dashes against it in its reckless flight, but still shining on unmoved while the foolish and reckless assailant falls bleeding and wounded at its feet. It is an anvil which has worn out many a hammer of hostile criticism, while the anvil still remains unshaken amid the wreck of all that have assailed it.” StillsBookFallWaterEnemyFeetNew YorkCriticismRemainsWingsShiningFoolishFlightElectricWornWoundedSurvivedHostileHammersRecklessWrecksBleedingTorchesWorn OutAnvils Author:A. B. Simpson
“Whether it is an attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, an attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit, an attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square ... I think that gives us a sense of the breadth of the challenges that we face, and the kinds of things that our enemy is trying to do.” ThinkingGivingTryingKindFacesChallengesCitiesEnemyNew YorkBombsNew York CitySquaresAirplaneDetroitSubwayBreadthTimes Square Author:Eric Holder
“Fracking is our biggest enemy right now in the U.S. Actually, not just in the U.S., because all our water systems are interconnected. Whether you're reading this in New York State or in Japan, fracking is screwing you over.” StatesReadingWaterEnemyNew YorkRight NowJapanInterconnectedFrackingNew York State Author:Ian Somerhalder
“I was the first - I was extremely unpopular with the establishment of the United States, particularly the New York Times was always an enemy, and Time magazine, off and on, the enemy, because I said things and took positions that other people didn't do.” PeopleFirstsSaidStatesUnitedEnemyUnited StatesNew YorkPositionMagazinesEstablishmentNew York TimesTime Magazine Author:Gore Vidal