“New York is just New York. It's a hard city, it's a hard city to live in. It's a desperate city. It's filled with scam artists and people who are always looking for a way in and a way out and the majority of people have to really negotiate their way through that jungle to get to the other side; the other side being a place of tranquility and peace and home and safety.” PeopleWayHardHomeArtistSidesCitiesNew YorkSafetyMajorityFilledDesperateTranquilityJungleScams Author:Scott Cohen
“New York is one of those places people tend to derive a sense of identity from - as if, were to you to remove them from the City, they'd turn limp and colorless.” PeopleIfsTurnsCitiesNew YorkIdentityRemoveColorless Author:Cate Marvin
“My heart and my love is in the country because something feels pure and noble and good there, but at the same time, obedience draws me to cities, which are full of cultures that are interesting and fun. I always swore I hated New York. Since having this revelation that cities are where people are, where the need is, I'm growing to love New York.” PeopleNeedsFeelsHeartCountryCultureFunLove IsInterestingCitiesGrowingNew YorkMy HeartPureDrawsNobleObedienceHatedRevelations Author:Josh Garrels
“I used to run away to New York from Baltimore all the time.I would get on the Greyhound bus and tell my parents I was going to some sorority weekend. I'd even make up fake permission slips, come to New York and just ask people on the street if I could stay with them and go see midnight movies.” PeopleIfsRunningUsedAsksParentStreetsNew YorkFakeIf I CouldBusWeekendSlipsRunning AwayPermissionMidnightBaltimoreSororityGreyhoundsGreyhound Bus Author:John Waters
“The Democrats in the Senate adopted a resolution, an amendment, saying that there should be no Guantanamo detainees brought into this country. So, more and more, we're finding the American people on one side, the ACLU and the troglodytes from the New York Times on the other, where they belong.” PeopleShouldCountrySidesNew YorkFindingsDemocratResolutionSenateAmendmentsAdoptedNew York TimesGuantanamoFinding The OneDetainees Author:Peter King
“America's cultural table is set by the people living in the three bubbles - New York Washington D.C. and Hollywood.” PeopleChristianAmericaThreeLeadershipChurchNew YorkHollywoodTablesBubbles Author:Mike Huckabee
“If someone did this Fahrenheit 9/11 to get back at Bush, then they did so by killing thousands of people who DID NOT VOTE for him! Boston, New York, D.C., and the planes' destination of California - these were places that voted AGAINST Bush!” PeopleIfsNew YorkVoteKillingPlanesCaliforniaDestinationGet BackSeptemberBostonSeptember 11 Author:Michael Moore
“Most of the people living in New York have come here from the far to try to make enough money to go back to the farm” PeopleTryingEnoughNew YorkFarms Author:Don Marquis
“I live in New York now and most of magazines have turned more towards reality stars. So, really I think that's great because it's turned towards people who want it rather than... So, I think it's actually kind of imploding in on itself a little bit.” PeopleThinkingWantKindLittlesRealityStarsBitsNew YorkLittle BitMagazines Author:Kirsten Dunst
“I don't go home and pretend I'm August rather than just the actual lines I'm saying in the film. If you do it that way, it makes it more natural and second nature. After awhile you get used to it and there's so much, especially being in New York to film; you're always surrounded by American people.” PeopleIfsWayHomeFilmUsedNaturalLinesNew YorkAugust Author:Freddie Highmore
“People who grew up in New York City or Los Angeles tend not to even understand what goes on in the rest of the country. I'm really glad to have grown up in an environment where I actually was kind of a weirdo because I was obsessed with comedy and movies and stuff.” PeopleKindCountryStuffCitiesEnvironmentComedyNew YorkGrewGoes OnGrew UpGladObsessedLos AngelesNew York CityWeirdo Author:Ed Helms
“In India and in New York the economy is naked. People are starving physically in India, and emotionally in New York.” PeopleEconomyNew YorkIndiaNakedStarving Author:Francesco Clemente
“I wanted to try something different. Most people my age go off to college; I thought I'd try out New York.” PeopleTryingDifferentAgeWantedNew YorkCollegeOff To College Author:Sky Ferreira
“I'm always looking for ways to connect myself with American people and that American feeling. I'm trying to pick up on the feeling of places, like the Los Angeles feeling or the New York feeling... Los Angeles is much better for me that way.” PeopleWayTryingFeelingsNew YorkPicksLos Angeles Author:Takashi Murakami
“I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New Yorker, it was one city. When I was a grown man, it was another city. I worked with many dance organizations and many wonderful people. In the '90s, it became kind of a hard and unwelcoming city in many ways. It became conservative, like the whole country.” PeopleMenWayHumansKindCountryHardWholeYoungHuman BeingsCitiesWonderfulNew YorkOrganizationConservativeNew YorkersGrown Man Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov
“One thing I definitely experienced up here (New York), that maybe I have to sort of cop to feeling defensive about, is since the election, people in my cohort, who are sensitive to portrayals of people in the movie as classist, have had no problem coming up with those sorts of [middle-American] stereotypes about a phantom real person they can blame for re-electing George Bush.” PeoplePersonsRealFeelingsProblemOne ThingMiddleNew YorkElectionBlameSensitiveCopStereotypeNo ProblemPhantomsReal PersonPortrayal Author:Philip Morrison
“As far as cities, I love London. I go to London very often because I think the young people there are very creative. I also love New York, of course, and the clash of different cultures you find there.” PeopleThinkingDifferentYoungCultureCoursesCitiesCreativeNew YorkLondonClashDifferent Cultures Author:Nicki Minaj
“When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was reflecting on this when I came home. Realizing that ever since I started filmmaking, people have being saying that. But somehow it keeps going. Filmmakers keep going. We need stories to make sense of the world and some people like me are driven to tell them. I have faith this will always be possible.” PeopleWorldNeedsStoriesHomeBigsFilmRealizingTroubleHeardNew YorkIndustryIndependentDrivenLike MeMake SenseFilmmakerKeep GoingHave FaithFilmmakingReflectingIndependent FilmFilm Industry Author:Andrea Arnold
“I went back to Jamaica after living in New York and started to work on experimental stuff and basically I grew as a filmmaker. I went to film school; I was a PA on a lot of projects and I worked so hard, you know, you're young and I learned from different mentors. And luck put me in the position to work with amazing people. One of my mentors by the name of Little X, who took me under his wing after I came out of film school and moved to New York. I worked in videos for Jay-Z, Pharrell to Busta Rhymes and Wyclef. I quickly realized how much I wanted to make films instead of music videos.” PeopleKnowsLittlesDifferentHardWantedSchoolFilmYoungNamesStuffNew YorkPositionGrewProjectsLuckMovedWingsVideoFilmmakerMentorRhymeFilm SchoolJamaicaAmazing People Author:Storm Saulter
“Being a military child, we moved a lot and we developed different vernaculars from moving from the south, to the Midwest, and seeing the world. Going from New York to California and from Jamaica Queens to the South, I was always the new kid, or had the army crew haircut. I expected people to pick up on me. My brother kinda stole all of my old jokes. He got his inspiration from me.” PeopleWorldChildrenDifferentInspirationKidsMovingSeeingMilitaryNew YorkBrotherJokesPicksArmyMovedSouthExpectedCaliforniaQueensMy BrotherCrewHaircutsSeeing The WorldMidwestJamaicaOld Jokes Author:Joe Torry
“The craziest thing is walking down the streets of New York and people recognizing me and asking for my photo. It has been pretty wild. I am used to getting spotted in ski towns, but I never thought it would happen in a place like this.” PeopleHas BeensHappensUsedStreetsNew YorkWalkingTownsAskingRecognizingSkisCraziest Author:Nick Goepper
“I just love New York, I love the people. The energy of the place. I really feel energized working here. I've always been made to feel very welcome, and it's a tremendous city.” PeopleFeelsMadeEnergyCitiesNew YorkWelcome Author:Julian Ovenden
“New York seems to be absolutely filled with brilliant people.” PeopleSeemsNew YorkFilledBrilliant Author:Julian Ovenden
“But 'This Town' is official Washington. It's political Washington. It's not the Washington that clogs New York Avenue. It's not the Washington that lives in Gaithersburg. It's not the Washington that accounts for most of the population. 'This Town' refers to the people who think they run your country.” PeopleThinkingCountryRunningPoliticalNew YorkAccountsTownsPopulationOfficialsAvenues Author:Mark Leibovich
“And I always heard people in New York never get to know their neighbors.” PeopleKnowsHeardNew YorkNeighborBreakfast At Tiffanys Author:Audrey Hepburn
“I went to New York. I had a dream. I wanted to be a big star, I didn’t know anybody, I wanted to dance, I wanted to sing, I wanted to do all those things, I wanted to make people happy, I wanted to be famous, I wanted everybody to love me. I wanted to be a star. I worked really hard, and my dream came true.” PeopleKnowsHardDreamBigsWantedStarsNew YorkI Had A DreamMaking People HappyDreams Came True Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Well, I'm kind of an urban girl, I like big cities. I like New York, I like London, I like L.A. I like people, I get lonely, really, really easily. But, I think it was good. It was very different and I think that's good.” PeopleThinkingWellsKindDifferentBigsGirlCitiesNew YorkLonelyLondonUrbanBig CitiesGirl I Like Author:AnnaSophia Robb
“All I know about 1970s New York City is that it's where I grew up, and you always have an umbilical connection to the time and place of your growing up. It was cheap, didn't have too many people in it, you could go to the movies or whatever on the spur of the moment, you could get by without working too much and especially without involving yourself in the corporate world.” PeopleKnowsWorldMomentsCitiesGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingNew YorkGrewGrew UpConnectionsCorporateNew York CityInvolvingSpursCorporate WorldToo Much WorkSpur Of The Moment Author:Luc Sante
“My ideal city is more like the city (New York and Paris come to mind, but it sort of applies to all) that existed up to and including the 1930s, when different classes lived all together in the same neighborhoods, and most businesses of any sort were mom-and-pop, and people and things had a local identity.” PeopleMindDifferentTogetherCitiesClassNew YorkIdentityMomIdealsIncludingPopsLocalsParisNeighborhood1930s Author:Luc Sante
“In New York, no one really cares who the hell you are. It's strange to be in the public eye where people have a perception of who you are, when they have never even met you.” PeopleEyeCareHellNew YorkStrangeMetsPerceptionWho You ArePublic Eye Author:Roland Orzabal
“What I did suffer when I was young was because I was sort of a hick coming into New York City. I was made fun of by a lot of the Factory people. Even Andy Warhol thought I was a hick.” PeopleMadeYoungSufferingFunCitiesNew YorkNew York CityFactoriesWarholHicks Author:Kristen Stewart
“As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as a kid I took classes there and as I got into high school I did all the community theater stuff. Then I came to college here in New York, going to Marymount Manhattan, and studied acting there. But most of the training I got was from working. Working with really great people.” PeopleChildrenDifferentKidsSchoolStuffCommunityActingClassNew YorkCollegeGrewGrew UpTrainingHigh SchoolTheaterFortunateReally GreatGreat People Author:Andrew Rannells
“I'm not sure I can think of any scenario more enjoyable than making 55,000 people from New York shut up.” PeopleThinkingI CanNew YorkNot SureShut UpEnjoyableScenarios Author:Curt Schilling
“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
“Its all big money, high rent, high prices in New York City now. The poor people completely got rolled over. I've never seen anything like it in my life. It's disgusting.” PeopleBigsPoorCitiesNew YorkNew York CityDisgustingPoor PeopleHigh Prices Author:Ralph Bakshi
“I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were.” PeopleKnowsYearsThreeNew YorkBuildingMy FamilySquaresQuarters Author:Dan Aykroyd
“Every time someone does a Western movie, people flock to it. It's like, we're continually programming to people who are least likely to watch us. People in Nebraska aren't watching things on the computer, they're watching television. Why aren't we programming things for them? We only program things that appeal to New York and Los Angeles and in many ways spit on the rest of the country.” PeopleWayDoeCountryWatchesNew YorkTelevisionComputerProgramWesternAppealsProgrammingLos AngelesSpitFlocksNebraskaWatching TelevisionWestern Movie Author:Edward Allen Bernero
“Speaking of Margaret Sanger, Grandson Alexander Sanger, head of Planned Parenthood of New York City, said: She made people accept that women had the right to control their own destinies.” PeopleMadeSaidCitiesAcceptingDestinyNew YorkParenthoodNew York CityPlanned ParenthoodGrandson Author:Margaret Sanger
“Walking the streets of New York, a lot of people are cheering me on. It feels good.” PeopleFeelsStreetsNew YorkWalkingFeel GoodCheer Author:Alex Rodriguez
“Before I came here, I had people telling me what a tough place New York is, how other players came here and struggled. But I never let that bother me. I came here because I want to win.” PeopleWantWinningPlayerNew YorkToughBother Author:CC Sabathia
“There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.” PeopleKindLittlesIdeasDifferentSoundTermCitiesGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkSightGood ThingsSmellOver ItNew York CityExposedDifferent KindsGet OverPhysical Things Author:Olivia Thirlby
“The people in New York have no idea what they're doing.” PeopleIdeasNew YorkNo Idea Author:Larry Bowa
“I happened to write a book about the stuff I've been involved in over the years. It just so happened that my profession is that I was a cop in the New York City Police Department. I guess people thought it was pretty interesting to have these two things meshed together. My life is pretty boring, I don't know why they're doing this. It's fun.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsTwoBookTogetherLife IsFunStuffInterestingCitiesHappenedNew YorkInvolvedPoliceBoringProfessionTwo ThingsDepartmentNew York CityCopPolice Department Author:Ralph Sarchie
“In a city like New York, especially for young professionals who aren't in a family situation, most people don't cook for themselves. This is the only city I've ever lived in where I eat out every night.” PeopleYoungNightCitiesSituationNew YorkCooksEvery Night Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Political systems must love poverty-they produce so much of it. Poor people make easier targets for a demagogue. No Mao or even Jiang Zemin is likely to arise on the New York Stock Exchange floor. And politicians in democracies benefit from destitution, too. The US has had a broad range of poverty programs for 30 years. Those programs have failed. Millions of people are still poor. And those people vote for politicians who favor keeping the poverty programs in place. There's a conspiracy theory in there somewhere.” PeopleYearsStillsPoliticalPoorPovertyMillionsDemocracyNew YorkProduceTheoryPoliticianEasierBenefitsProgramVoteFavorsAriseRangeTargetBroadsConspiracyPoor PeoplePolitical SystemsConspiracy TheoryMaoStock ExchangeNew York StockNew York Stock Exchange Book:Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics Source: Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics
“BMX riding breaks down racial perceptions. Coming from New York City and being a BMX rider, that isn't something that's too common. I feel like for the longest time, I would ride through certain neighborhoods and people would call me a "white boy" because they associated white boys from California with BMX riding, and it bugs me so much because I'm completely not that. I completely don't fit that mold. It's really important for me to bring BMX riding to the masses and show people exactly what it is.” PeopleFeelsImportantShowsCertainWhiteCommonCitiesBoysBreakNew YorkFitPerceptionMassCaliforniaNeighborhoodCall MeNew York CityRidingBreaking DownBugsMoldRidersBmx Author:Nigel Sylvester
“Way to go, New York. One people. One planet. One love.” PeopleWayNew YorkPlanetsOne Love Author:Alyssa Milano
“The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.” PeopleWorldGovernmentCareInterestPartyCitiesIssuesSpecialHonestNew YorkDeserveIndependentFocusedBeing HonestBossNew York CityNew YorkersMayorsSpecial Interests Author:Sal Albanese
“I had been at the director's workshop for women at the AFI, which at the time was a great thing to do. I had always meant to direct, and for a variety of reasons that are hard to explain, I never did. I produced many things - there'll be people who tell you I directed through them - and of course I wrote. It took a divorce, a move back to New York and a kind of "now I can do anything" to say, "I really want to do this."” PeopleWantKindI CanHardReasonMovingCoursesCan DoNew YorkDirectorsDirectDivorceGreat ThingsVarietyThings To DoWorkshops Author:Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
“I have never lived in New York City, but a lot of people think that I am a New Yorker, because I was embraced by the Downtown scene since the 1980s. For the record I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.” PeopleThinkingBornCitiesRecordsNew YorkSceneRaisedCaliforniaLos AngelesNew York CityNew YorkersDowntownBorn And Raised Author:Vaginal Davis