These New York quotes will inspire you. New York, often called New York City to distinguish it from New York State, or NYC for short, is the most populous city in the United States.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging New York quotes, New York sayings, and New York proverbs.
Famous New York Quotes
- “I was born in Westchester, NY. I grew up around the Rye Brook area, and then I moved to White Plains with my family.” Jennifer Damiano
- “The support of organizations including the NY Jets, Canon USA, USA Football, and Outback Steakhouse is a great example of how corporate America can make an impact in bettering the communities where employees work and live.” Boomer Esiason
- “I read the NY Times but I don’t trust all of it.” David Byrne
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“I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.” Aaron Tveit
- “I played a nerdy guy on ‘CSI: NY’ for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad.” A. J. Buckley
- “I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn’t go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu!” Daryl Hall
- “I may catch some flack for this, but the Jersey style I feel is just very different from New York. When I hear a Jersey MC spit, I can just hear New Jersey in them. To where as NY, that style has been broadcasted so nationally that it’s just a natural sound in music.” Joe Budden
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“On ‘CSI: NY,’ the audience knew I was a really good guy, and I caught the bad guy.” Hill Harper
- “I like the tube more than the NY subway though, you’ve got cushioned seats.” Neil Patrick Harris
- “We were lounging around in this beautiful house in LA, and I’m coming from NY, so sometimes when we weren’t working I would just sit on those folding chairs.” Maggie Gyllenhaal
- “I’ve been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.” Joe Pantoliano
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“Who owns the NY Post? 20th Century Fox. Talk about vertical integration.” Joe Pantoliano
- “Animals speak with pure affection. It’s important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love.” Bernadette Peters
- “Last week I was in London at an awards show, then I flew home and was in an RV park with my wife and kids in our motorhome, this week I’m in NY doing a charity event, and tomorrow I’ll be coaching my daughters soccer practice. I guess the range of roles I play on film stem from the range of roles I play in real life.” Peter Facinelli
- “Over the years, I’ve enjoyed working for WFAN and MSG – two sports giants in the industry. There couldn’t be a better fit due to the long-standing history both entities have had with NY sports.” Boomer Esiason
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“I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.” Alexander Wang
- “My youngest son is a writer. He wrote for ‘The District’ and ‘CSI: NY.’ ” Craig T. Nelson
- “I started working for the ‘NY Observer’ when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, ‘Your stories are the most talked about stories in the ‘Observer’; you should have your own column.’ ” Candace Bushnell
- “I learned everything about fashion during my time at the ‘NY Times.’ ” George Kotsiopoulos
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“I’m pretty lucky to work on both ‘CSI: NY’ and ‘Supernatural.’ Not bad gigs!” A. J. Buckley
- “I mostly read online – tech/VC blogs. I also enjoy the ‘NY Times’, ‘Atlantic’, ‘New Yorker’.” Christine Tsai
- “In 1949, when I was 2, my family moved from Yonkers, NY, to a development of brick houses in Elmont, a Long Island suburb of New York City. What I remember most about the house was the glider on our porch. I used to sit there evenings close to my father, Victor, as he talked about the moon and the stars. He taught me to dream big.” Susan Lucci
- “I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs.” Connie Stevens
