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)

    “Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.”
    —Maureen Dowd, U.S. journalist. The New York Times, “Giant Puppet Show,” (September 10, 1995)

    “The city mouse eats bread and cheese;—
    The garden mouse eats what he can;
    We will not grudge him seeds and stocks,
    Poor little timid furry man.”
    —Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)