New York City

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

    “The energy, the brutality, the scale, the contrast, the tension, the rapid change—and the permanent congestion—are what the New Yorker misses when he leaves the city.”
    —In New York City, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “The egg is back. The egg is back.”
    —Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian president. New York Times, p. 10A (September 6, 1994)

    “What is the city over the mountains
    Cracks and reforms and bursts in the violet air
    Falling towers
    Jerusalem Athens Alexandria
    Vienna London
    Unreal”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)