New York Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old new york quotes, new york sayings, and new york proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

What else can you expect from a town that's shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other? O. Henry
A little strip of an island with a row of well-fed folks up and down the middle, and a lot of hungry folks on each side. Harry Leon Wilson
The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from. Moss Hart
Here I was in New York, city of prose and fantasy, of capitalist automation, its streets a triumph of cubism, its moral philosophy that of the dollar. New York impressed me tremendously because, more than any other city in the world, it is the fullest expression of our modern age. Leon Trotsky