Atlantic City

Famous quotes containing the words atlantic city, atlantic and/or city:

    “vanished into nowhere Zen New Jersey leaving a trail of ambiguous
    picture postcards of Atlantic City Hall,”
    —Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)

    “Tell [the next Miss America] she is taking on a great responsibility. A responsibility to herself, to her people, to the Miss American Pageant, the people of Atlantic City, her state and her nation. Tell her the country and the world will judge America by her.”
    —Colleen Kay Hutchins (b. c. 1932)

    “I dont think there is anything on earth more wonderful than those wistful incomplete friendships one makes now and then in an hour’s talk. You never see the people again, but the lingering sense of their presence in the world is like the glow of an unseen city at night—makes you feel the teemingness of it all.”
    —John Dos Passos (1896–1970)