“Someone did a study of the three most-often-heard phrases in New York City. One is "Hey taxi." Two is "What train do I take to get to Bloomingdales?" And three is "Don't worry, it's only a flesh wound.” TwoHumorFunnyThreeCitiesWorryStudyHeardNew YorkTrainFleshWoundsHeyPhrasesNew York CityTaxi Author:David Letterman
“NASA is developing space taxis to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station. And just like New York taxis, they're all going to be driven by aliens.” SpaceNew YorkInternationalDrivenAliensDevelopingStationsAstronautTaxiNasaInternational Space Station Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The New York Police Department says Iran has conducted surveillance inside New York City. They say Iranian operatives are using special mobile surveillance units. I believe they're called taxi cabs.” BelieveI BelieveCitiesSpecialNew YorkPoliceDepartmentIranNew York CityUnitsMobileSurveillanceTaxiIranianCabPolice DepartmentTaxi Cabs Author:Jay Leno
“I can't get over the exciting beauty of New York - the pencil buildings so high and far that the blueness of the sky floats about them; the feeling that one's taxis, and shopping, all go on in the deep canyon-beds of natural erosions rather than in the excrescences of human builders.” HumansI CanFeelingsNaturalSkyNew YorkBuildingGoes OnBedExcitingShoppingGet OverPencilsFloatsTaxiBuilderCanyonsErosion Book:Letters: New worlds for old, 1943-46 Source: Letters: New worlds for old, 1943-46
“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
“I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn't even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.” KindDangerousNew YorkGrewGrew UpAreasHipsThese DaysBridgesDriversBrooklynTaxiBrooklyn New YorkWilliamsburg Author:Barry Manilow
“New York waiters, probably the surliest in the Western world . . . are better images of their city than that journalistic favorite the taxi driver.” WorldCitiesNew YorkFoodWesternDriversTaxiWaiterWestern WorldJournalistic Author:Alan Brien
“Taxicabs might seem like a luxury item, and given the profound needs of so many disabled people in New York, why would we bother with taxis? I contend that even if you need a taxi once a year - there are times when you need a taxi.” PeopleIfsNeedsYearsSeemsMightGivenNew YorkProfoundLuxuryBotherItemsDisabledTaxiLuxury Items Author:Simi Linton
“Transportation is an essential part of our lives, and in New York City where driving is not a viable option most of the time, public transportation and taxis are the only way to get around.” WayCitiesOur LivesNew YorkEssentialsDrivingNew York CityTransportationTaxiPublic Transportation Author:Simi Linton
“She [Joni Mitchell] wanted to have that (jazz) element in her music. Of course, when she heard Jaco's [Jaco Pastorius'] music and met him, that floored her -- really grabbed her. She decided that Wayne Shorter was really conducive to her music. She would speak metaphorically about things. "I want this to sound like a taxicab driver, or a taxi in New York," or "I want this to sound like a telephone ringing." She would speak to musicians like that, and we really tuned into what she would want our music to be.” WantWantedCoursesSpeakSoundHeardNew YorkMetsElementsMusicianDecidedJazzDriversTelephonesTaxiWayne Author:Don Alias
“I remember getting my first cell phone in New York, getting into a taxi and thinking "This is the end of solitude in the back of a taxi." What used to happen in the back of a taxi? You looked out the window. My brain has become less able to spend lengths of time without shifting, and I worry about that.” ThinkingFirstsEndsHappensAbleRememberUsedBrainWorryNew YorkSolitudeWindowPhonesCellsLengthShiftingCell PhoneTaxi Author:Dani Shapiro
“When I was in NYU Film School I drove a taxi in New York for two years, I felt like I owned my own business with that little taxi.” YearsLittlesTwoSchoolFilmFeltMy OwnNew YorkTwo YearsTaxiOwn BusinessFilm SchoolNyu Author:Todd Phillips