“The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of The New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, D.C.” WarLostFrontsNew YorkFieldsCollegePagesVietnamNew York TimesCampusCollege Campus Author:H. R. McMaster
“There are a lot of New York City Thanksgiving traditions. For example, a lot of New Yorkers don't buy the frozen Thanksgiving turkey. They prefer to buy the bird live and then push it in front of a subway train.” CitiesFrontsNew YorkExampleBirdTraditionTrainNew York CityThanksgivingFrozenTurkeysNew YorkersSubwayThanksgiving Turkey Author:David Letterman
“We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City where everyone rushes by. How do you preserve the culture that has worked so well?” WellsCultureCitiesGrowingFrontsNew YorkTownsWavePreservesNew York CityCheerfulSmall TownSubwayPorchFront Porches Author:Jimmy Wales
“In New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis.” DealsFrontsNew YorkBases Author:Ryan Gosling
“In New York City, a lot of people think "the great outdoors" is the area between your front door and a taxi cab.” PeopleThinkingCitiesDoorsFrontsNew YorkAreasNew York CityTaxiCabFront DoorsGreat OutdoorsTaxi Cabs Author:Michael Bloomberg
“The more boring a newspaper is, the more it is respected. The most respected newspaper in the United States is The New York Times, which has thousands of reporters constantly producing enormous front-page stories about bauxite...The [New York] Post would write about bauxite only if famous celebrites were arrested for snorting it in an exclusive Manhattan nightclub.” IfsWritingStatesStoriesUnitedUnited StatesMediaFrontsNew YorkPagesBoringNewspapersEnormousPostsReportersExclusiveArrestedManhattanNew York TimesNightclubs Author:Dave Barry
“I came to New York for the first time with Peter Buck at age 19. We spent a week living out of a van on the street in front of a club in the West 60s called Hurrah. It's where Pylon played. I saw Klaus Nomi play there. And Michael Gira's band before he did Swans-they all wore cowboy boots and were so cool and had great hair. I was so jealous.” FirstsPlayAgeSawsWeekStreetsFrontsNew YorkHairBandFirst TimeWestClubsJealousBootsPeterCowboyVansBucksSwansCowboy BootGreat Hair Author:Michael Stipe
“Shooting in New York can be a problem... I had to walk through a crowd, come in the front door, and play the scene.” PlayProblemWalksDoorsFrontsNew YorkSceneCrowdsShootingFront Doors Author:Richard Gere
“Growing up in New York is like living in a horror museum because there are so many strange people walking the streets and riding the subways. You learn to develop a tough front if you live here, just in case you get into any kind of trouble and you need to talk your way out of it.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsKindCasesGrowing UpGrowingTroubleStreetsFrontsNew YorkStrangeWalkingHorrorToughMuseumsRidingSubway Author:Christopher Walken
“A lot of people think that Jesus is coming back. That's fine, it's your right. But you know, I live in New York, and I think he's running a little late. I'm asking myself, 'Alright, what happens if Jesus comes back tomorrow? What - does he make rounds to churches?' 'OK, everyone who's been good, buses leave in 10 minutes. I'll meet you in front of the post office. I gotta go. Oh, don't tell the Jews I'm back.'” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsLittlesDoeHumorHappensRunningFunnyJesusChurchMinutesFrontsNew YorkFineTomorrowOfficeLateAskingRoundsJewPostsBusComing BackAlrightPost OfficeI'm Back Author:Marc Maron
“I get on the airplane and there's a screen in front of everything. You get into a taxicab in New York, there's a screen blinking at you. I think it's going to have a tremendous effect on our brains, because those bright, saturated colors and those strong lines, they do things to your brain.” ThinkingStrongLinesBrainEffectsFrontsNew YorkColorScreensAirplaneSaturated Author:Linda Ronstadt
“It's common to think things will never happen where you are-never in Cambridge, never in New York, never in Seattle-that sort of thing, whatever it is, never happens here, not in our community. Then it happens, right in front of you, and you realize you were blind to it, that you forgot that intolerance and zealotry and viciousness are human currency everywhere, and it takes your breath away.” ThinkingHumansHappensRealizingCommunityCommonFrontsNew YorkBreathsBlindWhere You AreIntoleranceCurrencyOur CommunitySeattleCambridgeZealotry Author:Mike Daisey
“In a fashion similar to the leftist occupiers on Wall Street, their antics would be the target of rabid moral indignation on the front pages of the New York times and Washington Post and on the lead stories of every cable news show.” StoriesShowsWould BeMoralStreetsFashionFrontsNew YorkWallNewsPagesPostsTargetCablesNew York TimesIndignationLeftistsAnticsCable NewsMoral Indignation Author:Jamie Glazov
“Why is it that we go to immense lengths getting the Serbs who were responsible for the massacre of 7,000 at Srbrenica - that's slightly more than the total figure for New York - and we take them to a tribunal in The Hague, and one after another, we arraign them, try them, convict them, and punish them in front of the world, but no plans have been brought forward to get bin Laden and his friends and put them on trial?” WorldTryingHas BeensPlansFrontsFiguresNew YorkResponsibleTrialsLengthImmenseBin LadenMassacresConvictsTribunals Author:Robert Fisk
“When I first moved to New York I had been trying to work on anything and everything I could. From extra work and commercials to short and student films so I could learn in front of a camera.” TryingFirstsFilmFrontsNew YorkStudentsCamerasMovedExtrasAnything And EverythingExtra Work Author:Pawel Szajda
“Peter Schweizer's book, Clinton Cash, is not discredited. It has been quoted on the front page of the New York Times and the Washington Post.” Has BeensBookFrontsNew YorkPagesClintonPostsCashPeterNew York Times Author:Rush Limbaugh