“if you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to have a guest room.” IfsThinkingRoomsNew YorkGuests Author:Fran Lebowitz
“For most visitors to Manhattan, both foreign and domestic, New York is the Shrine of the Good Time. "I don't see how you stand it," they often say to the native New Yorker who has been sitting up past his bedtime for a week in an attempt to tire his guest out. "It's all right for a week or so, but give me the little old home town when it comes to living." And, under his breath, the New Yorker endorses the transfer and wonders himself how he stands it.” GivingLittlesHas BeensHomePastWonderWeekNew YorkSittingGive MeTownsBreathsNativeGood TimesGuestsTireManhattanTransfersNew YorkersVisitorsBedtimeShrinesHome TownSitting Up Author:Robert Benchley
“I was in a cab in New York. The cab had a sign, "Please do not smoke, Christ is our unseen guest." This guy was reaching. I figure, if he could overcome being nailed to a cross, I don't think a Marlboro Light's gonna faze him that much.” IfsThinkingLightGuyChristFiguresNew YorkPleaseCrossesOvercomingSmokeReachingGuestsUnseenThis GuyCab Author:Bill Hicks
“What I love most about New York is that I can walk in the street and nobody is looking at me as if I'm different. In my country and in Italy, you have to choose sides. I was a famous journalist and I was also an immigrant and ultimately I never stopped feeling like I was a guest.” IfsI CanDifferentCountryFeelingsSidesWalksStreetsNew YorkJournalistImmigrantsGuests Author:Rula Jebreal
“Do you think that Gwendolyn Brooks would give an award to someone who hated Black women, the lie that was circulated throughout New York and reached all the way down to Martinique where I was a guest Professor? The lie was circulated by people who don't read my books.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingBookLyingBlackNew YorkHatedAwardsProfessorsGuestsBlack WomenBrooks Author:Ishmael Reed
“Well I've made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it's probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I've known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we've been friends. About four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.” YearsFirstsWellsLongMadeIdeasTermSecretHalfKnownIssuesFiveFourNiceInfluenceNew YorkMonthsOffersDecidedMadDinnerMagazinesComicEditorsGood IdeasGuestsSensibilityLong LifeVery NiceLong Love Author:Al Yankovic