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Quotes about New York

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David Letterman
(1947 - )
Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.
David Letterman
(1947 - )
New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.
David Letterman
(1947 - )
People say New Yorkers can't get along. Not true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers, sharing a cab. One guy took the tires and the radio; the other guy took the engine.
Donald BarthelmeThis muck heaves and palpitates. It is multidirectional and has a mayor.
- (on New York City)
Edward Abbey
(1927 - 1989)
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?
Frank Lloyd WrightPrison towers and modern posters for soap and whiskey.
- (on New York City)
H. L. Mencken
(1880 - 1956)
The trouble with New York is that it has no nationality at all. It is simply a sort of free port -- a place, where the raw materials of civilization are received, sorted out , and sent further on.
H. L. Mencken
(1880 - 1956)
New York: A third-rate Babylon.
Harry HershfieldNew York: Where everyone mutinies but no one deserts.
Pete HamillThe city of right angles and tough, damaged people.
- (on New York City)
Russell BakerNew York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian
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