“A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
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“There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.”
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist
“Once you have lived in New York and made it your home, no place else is good enough”
John Steinbeck (1902–1968) American writer
“Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.”
Al Sharpton (1954) American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and television/radio talk show host
Protest against the police brutalization of Abner Louima (29 August 1997)[citation needed]
David Hockney (1937) British artist
That's what a reasonable person, a person with good manners, would do.
Interview with Marion Finlay, "Hockney on … politics, pleasure, and smoking in public places," FOREST Online (28 July 2004)
2000s
“Leave us alone, or else expect us in New York and Washington.”
Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) founder of al-Qaeda
2000s, Letter to the American people (2002)
Context: Sixthly, we call upon you to end your support of the corrupt leaders in our countries. Do not interfere in our politics and method of education. Leave us alone, or else expect us in New York and Washington.
Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989) Austrian conductor
Apocryphal; see New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/17/obituaries/herbert-von-karajan-is-dead-musical-perfectionist-was-81.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
“People come to New York to be different, but I go to Starbucks to be the same.”
Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer
Source: Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
Will Arnett (1970) Canadian actor
"The Will Arnett Interview," Television Without Pity (2005) http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/content/a1005/index-1.html <br class="br">2005