Famous New York
quotes

some of my favorites

 

New Yorkers are renowned for their thick skins. New Yorkers (including me) are the first to enjoy these not-always complimentary quotes.


The faces in New York remind
me of people who played a game
and lost.

Murray Kempton


It is a miracle that New York
works at all. The whole thing is
implausible.

E.B. White


This is the town that never
sleeps. That's why
we don't live
in Duluth. That plus I don't know
where Duluth is.

Woody Allen


What else can you expect
from a town
that's shut off
from the world by the ocean on
one side and New Jersey on
the other?

O. Henry


New York...when civilization
falls apart,
remember, we were
way ahead of you.

David Letterman


No matter how many times
I visit this great
city, I'm always
struck by the same thing: a
yellow taxi cab.

Scott Adams (Dilbert)


When it's 3 o'clock in New
York, it's still 1938 in London.

Bette Midler


In Boston they ask, how much
does he know? In
New York, how
much is he worth? In Philadelphia,
who were his parents?

Mark Twain


Every person on the streets
of New York is a
type. The city is
one big theater where everyone
is on display.

Jerry Rubin


I moved to New York City for
my health. I'm paranoid and it
was the only place where my
fears were
justified.

Anita Weiss


The crime problem in New York
is getting really
serious. The other
day the Statue of Liberty had both
hands up.

Jay Leno


New Yorkers say “excuse me”
as a command.

Attributed to more
than one person


The New York telephone
directory is
my favorite book.
No plot, but what an amusing
cast of characters.

Attributed to more
than one person


New  Yorkers view stop lights
as a video-game challenge.

Attributed to more
than one person


Manhattan is 11 miles long
and 2 hours wide.

Attributed to more
than one person


New Yorkers like to boast that
if you can survive
in New York,
you can survive anywhere. But
if you can survive anywhere,
why live in New York?

Edward Abbey


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