New York City

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

    “The rumor of a great city goes out beyond its borders, to all the latitudes of the known earth. The city becomes an emblem in remote minds; apart from the tangible export of goods and men, it exerts its cultural instrumentality in a thousand phases.”
    —In New York City, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “New York is the last true city.”
    —Toni Morrison (b. 1931)

    “...some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go away, baldhead! Go away, baldhead!””
    —Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 2:23.

    Elisha--proving that baldness has been a source of sensitivity for centuries, Elisha cursed them and they died.