“I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas.” YearsStatesBigsNew YorkAreasFairsFollowingNew York State Author:Bobby Vinton
“We have 62 counties in New York State and each has its own system of death investigation.” StatesNew YorkInvestigationCountyNew York State Author:Michael Baden
“Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood. Hop a flight to Miami Beach Or to Hollywood But I'm talking a Greyhound On the Hudson River Line. I'm in a New York state of mind.” MindStatesLinesTalkingNew YorkRiversHollywoodFolksFlightBeachHolidayHopsNeighborhoodGet AwayState Of MindMiamiGreyhoundsNew York StateMiami BeachHudson River Author:Billy Joel
“Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!” MenStatesEnoughGovernmentThreeRoomsNew YorkSymbolsDysfunctionEnough Is EnoughNew York State Author:Michael Bloomberg
“The school children of New York State planted more than 200,000 trees within ten years from the time Arbor Day was recognized. Few similar efforts in years have been more thoroughly commendable than the effort to get our people practically to show their appreciation of the beauty and usefulness of trees.” PeopleYearsChildrenHas BeensStatesShowsSchoolEffortTreeNew YorkTenAppreciationUsefulnessCommendableArbor DayNew York StateArbors Author:Andrew S. Draper
“Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.” WellsStatesMightMoralNew YorkReturnSummerPopulationMannersVacationMarsProhibitionThirteenCometsNew York StateSummer VacationHalley's Comet Author:Clarence Darrow
“How come regional pandering only works in one direction, right? You never see a Southern politician trying to win votes in New York State by saying, 'I read books and make a mean vegan meatloaf.'” TryingMeanBookStatesWinningNew YorkPoliticianVoteVeganSouthernOne DirectionNew York StateMeatloaf Author:Bill Maher
“Writing is still my main career, but I would love, for instance, to serve in the New York State Assembly.” WritingStillsStatesCareersNew YorkInstanceAssemblyNew York State Author:Mark Helprin
“When Mrs. Clinton ran for office, she promised economic growth across New York state, to bring in more than 200,000 jobs, ... She has not. We have lost jobs to outsourcing and globalization and to sending our jobs and industries to foreign countries.” CountryStatesJobsLostGrowthEconomicNew YorkIndustryOfficeClintonRanGlobalizationEconomic GrowthForeign CountriesOutsourcingNew York State Author:David Brenner
“Saudia Arabia takes in half a trillion dollars every year in oil revenue, and the country has a population smaller than New York state, but when your system of government is an eleventh century monarchy, someone's going to end up poor, and it's not gonna be the guy whose first name is King.” YearsFirstsEndsCountryStatesGovernmentGuyNamesPoorHalfCenturyNew YorkKingsDollarsPopulationOilRevenueMonarchyArabiaSystems Of GovernmentNew York State Author:Craig Ferguson
“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
“Mark Twain married the daughter of one of New York State's leading Abolitionists, Jervis Langdon, who helped Frederick Douglass who became the great Negro leader to escape from slavery.” StatesLeaderNew YorkMarriedDaughterMarkSlaveryAbolitionistNew York State Author:Hal Holbrook
“I think we've got a number of states coming up that we're going to do extremely well and possibly winning, including California and New York state.So I think we do have a path to victory.” ThinkingWellsStatesWinningNumbersPathNew YorkVictoryIncludingCaliforniaNew York State Author:Bernie Sanders
“Since the late 1970's, the main focus of prisons has been punishment, not rehabilitation. It's hard to believe, but you would be hard-pressed to find a meaningful violence-prevention class in a federal or state penitentiary. And 'we the people' are footing the bill to keep these folks imprisoned. It costs on average $46,000 a year to keep an adult incarcerated in California and about the same for New York State.” PeopleYearsBelieveHas BeensHardStatesWould BeClassFocusViolenceNew YorkCostLateAdultsBillsPrisonAverageFolksMeaningfulPunishmentCaliforniaPreventionRehabilitationHard To BelieveNew York State Author:James Fox