Central Park Quotes

• On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn't, he said: Do you mind if I mug you here?

  Paul Merton

  New York, Humorous, New Day

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• You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park

  Andy Roddick

  Sports, Essence, Parks

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• My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.

  Haley Joel Osment

  Favorite Places, Looks, Parks

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• I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.

  Barack Obama

  Passing By, People, Missing

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• Central Park is the grandiose symbol of the front yard each child in New York hasn't got.

  Robert Benchley

  New York, Children, Yards

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• I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City.

  Moby

  Beautiful, New York, Cities

  "I lost my heart in... New York". Interview with Tim Wapshott, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2005.

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• I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movement calling for nuclear disarmament - it was about 1982 - they called it Peace Sunday.

  Jackson Browne

  Sunday, Nuclear Disarmament, Play

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• I love Central Park. I spend a lot of time in there. I try and get in there whenever I can.

  Lili Taylor

  Trying, Parks, I Can

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• I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park.

  Merlin Olsen

  Football, Games, Nfl

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• I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever and looks worn down by time.

  Conor Oberst

  Forever, Looks, Wonderland

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• I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.

  Herbie Mann

  Guitar, Play, One Day

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• When I am walking in Central Park, I recognize the Italians. Because an Italian, even when he jogs, he's dressed perfect.

  Diego Della Valle

  Italian, Perfect, Parks

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• Think of the sound you make when you let go after holding your breath for a very, very long time. Think of the gladdest sound you know: the sound of dawn on the first day of spring break, the sound of a bottle of Coke opening, the sound of a crowd cheering in your ears because you're coming down to the last part of a race--and you're ahead. Think of the sound of water over stones in a cold stream, and the sound of wind through green trees on a late May afternoon in Central Park. Think of the sound of a bus coming into the station carrying someone you love. Then put all those together.

  Gary D. Schmidt

  Letting Go, Cheer, Spring

  Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.235, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go? I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or if they just flew away.

  J. D. Salinger

  Zoos, New York, Home

  J. D. SALINGER (1951). “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE”

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• It's a sad day for American Capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over central park.

  Jim Moran

  Men, Kites, Parks

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• Joy comes from places you least expect it. Its usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming.

  Dave Gahan

  Basketball, Son, Simple

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• A peacock escaped from the Central Park Zoo and wandered around the city. Either that or I just saw a pigeon on his way to a gay pride parade.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Funny, Zoos, Pride

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• I saw a robin redbreast in Central Park today, but it turned out to be a sparrow with an exit wound.

  David Letterman

  Robins, Sparrows, Today

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• I think people are always looking for gurus. It's the easiest thing in the world to become a guru. It's quite terrifying. I once saw something fascinating here in New York. It must have been in the early seventies--guru time. A man used to go and sit in Central Park, wearing elaborate golden robes. He never once opened his mouth, he just sat. He'd appear at lunchtime. People appeared from everywhere, because he was obviously a holy man, and this went on for months. They just sat around him in reverent silence. Eventually he got fed up with it and left. Yes. It's as easy as that.

  Doris Lessing

  New York, Men, Thinking

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• New Yorkers have this special spot in Central Park, where they do this 5K run, the minute the clock strikes twelve. I ran once, and I'll never do that again, either. But, it's awesome to watch those people run. It's such a great environment and place to be.

  Hilary Swank

  Running, People, Special

  Source: collider.com

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• I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Avenue with a giant hellhound loping behind you, and nobody even looks at you funny.

  Rick Riordan

  New York, Giants, Fifth Avenue

  "Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian". Book by Rick Riordan, May 5, 2009.

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• But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can't be part of the party. Meaning, you can't go horseback riding with Jackie O in Central Park if you're going to make a joke about her that night.

  Joan Rivers

  Party, Humor, Night

  "Joan Rivers Interview: Her 6 Best One-Liners" by Merle Ginsberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 12, 2013.

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• Oh, a lion hunter in the jungle dark, And a sleeping drunkard up in central park, and a Chinese dentist and a British queen All fit together in the same machine. Nice, nice, such very different people in the same device!

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Queens, Nice, Sleep

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• Clary grinned. "A picnic? It's a little late for Central Park, don't you think? It's full of - " He waved a hand. "Faeries. I know." "I was going to say muggers," said Clary. "Though I pity the mugger who goes after you." "That is a wise attitude, and I commend you for it," said Jace, looking gratified.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wise, Attitude, Thinking

  "City of Bones". Book by Cassandra Clare, March 27, 2007.

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• I run in Central Park as the sun comes up. Some may mistake it for walking, but I swear I am running. I could not do it without my iPod.

  Hoda Kotb

  Running, Mistake, Ipods

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