New York City Quotes - Page 15

• I'm a creature of the New York City streets.

  Woody Allen

  New York, Cities, City Streets

  Interview with Douglas McGrath, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 1, 2008.

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• Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him.

  Billy Graham

  New York, Cities, Thank God

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• [On New York City:] From a dating point of view, it's like a really large rummage sale - lots of strange items, but darned little that you'd want to take home.

  Mary Jo Putney

  New York, Home, Cities

  Mary Jo Putney (2000). “The burning point”

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• Fred Wilson is a legendary VC and the Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures in New York City. At AVC, he writes one of the most popular startup blogs and covers issues from negotiation to hiring to fundraising. He's a machine for dispensing helpful advice and insightful commentary for those in our industry.

  Emerson Spartz

  New York, Writing, Squares

  "8 Bloggers to Follow for Startup Inspiration and Advice". www.businessinsider.com. June 28, 2013.

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• I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.

  Michaela Conlin

  New York, Cities, Nyu

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I love that New York City is a true melting pot.

  Stephanie Szostak

  New York, Cities, Melting

  "My New York: Stephanie Szostak". Interview with Lauren Valenti, www.elle.com. April 6, 2013.

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• Rising seas create a higher baseline for future storm surges. The New York City Panel on Climate Change has projected that coastal waters may rise by two feet by 2050 and four feet by the end of the century.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  New York, Sea, Cities

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• You must never be afraid in New York City, because then you will call bad stuff to you and you will not like it there.

  Roseanne Barr

  New York, Cities, Stuff

  Roseanne, Roseanne Barr (1989). “Roseanne: my life as a woman”, Harpercollins

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• Being born in New York City, tends to lead to big expectations, expectations that I only started to realize after I had left.

  Joseph Pisani

  New York, Cities, Expectations

  "Aeschbacher". Talk-Show, Swiss Television SF1, April 4, 2008.

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• To save energy, New York City is now dimming the lights of the skyscrapers and the skyline at night. There's a bad side to this. If you need Batman, you have to text him.

  David Letterman

  New York, Night, Light

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• I didn't have much, but I was always happy to share what I did have. It seemed like every African that came to New York City would show up at my apartment door at dinnertime, and I couldn't turn them away. I wasn't much older than any of them, but they started calling me 'Mama Africa' and the name stuck.

  Miriam Makeba

  New York, Doors, Cities

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• Mayor de Blasio said that whenever he goes to a Yankee game he gets sick and tired of people booing and giving him the finger. Hey, what do you want? You're the mayor of New York City. It comes with the gig, pal.

  David Letterman

  New York, Tired, Yankees

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• Mayor de Blasio wants to eliminate garbage. He believes New York City produces way too much garbage. Well, heck, forget about producing too much garbage. What about late-night talk shows?

  David Letterman

  New York, Believe, Night

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• It was announced that President Obama and his wife, when they're finished in Washington, are moving to New York City. The guy just can't get enough gridlock.

  David Letterman

  New York, Moving, Cities

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• Good luck finding a place to park in New York City. And when you do, good luck figuring out the parking signs, restrictions, and prohibitions. It is so complicated. It has gotten so bad, I never park my car without a lawyer.

  David Letterman

  New York, Good Luck, Cities

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• I love New York City for its energy. Pebble Beach, Carmel Beach and that all area, for its completely laid back energy. Paris for the charm, shopping and the glamour.

  Eva LaRue

  Beach, New York, Cities

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• It's all right. You guys in New York City can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later, so let's be fair.

  Ray Nagin

  New York, Years, Cities

  "Ray Nagin Takes Swipe at NYC 9/11 Rebuilding Efforts". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. August 26, 2006.

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• Since Deacon Hollingshead's arrival in town last July the Dominion had been hard at work, cleansing New York City of moral corruption. "Corruption" is a popular word with the enthusiasts of the Dominion, usually uttered as a prelude to the knife, the docket, or the noose.

  Robert Charles Wilson

  New York, July, Knives

  "Julian Comstock: A Story of the 22nd Century". Book by Robert Charles Wilson, 2009.

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• Here in New York City, it's cold. It's so cold the Republicans want to use the Keystone Pipeline to deliver soup.

  David Letterman

  New York, Cities, Keystone Pipeline

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• I have actually programmed a fair bit in Perl, like I have C++ code published with my name on it. Other things I have tried and have no intention to do again if I can at all avoid it include smoking, getting drunk enough to puke and waste the whole next day with hang-over, breaking a leg in a violent car crash, getting mugged in New York City, or travel with Aeroflot.

  Erik Naggum

  New York, Cities, Names

  Re: How is perl braindamaged? (was Re: Is LISP dying?) (Usenet article), groups.google.com. July 28, 1999.

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• Weekdays, New York City's financial district bustles with activity. Its streets are rivers of rushing humanity, its air is thick with the sounds of traffic.

  Jennifer Dunning

  New York, Air, Cities

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• There is a view that jazz is 'evil' because it comes from evil people, but actually the greatest priests on 52nd Street and on the streets of New York City were the musicians. They were doing the greatest healing work. They knew how to punch through music that would cure and make people feel good.

  Garth Hudson

  New York, Healing, Evil People

  "The Last Waltz". Documentary, Music, 1978.

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• What I don't want to do is to go and buy a bunch of exotic-looking drums and set up an Afrikanische Musik in New York City.

  Steve Reich

  New York, Cities, Exotic

  Steve Reich (2002). “Writings on Music, 1965-2000”, p.73, Oxford University Press

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• Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. The marathon was won in record time by a Democrat candidate running away from President Obama.

  Conan O'Brien

  Running, New York, Cities

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• Unusual weather for New York City. Today it was 68 and foggy. No, wait a minute, that's me. I'm sorry, that's me.

  David Letterman

  New York, Sorry, Cities

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