The Empire State, a lonely dinosaur, rose sadly at midtown, highest tower, tallest mountain, longest road, King Kong's eyrie, meant to moor airships, alas.

Vincent Scully

Stichwörter: new-york-city empire-state-building



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Well, little old Noisyville-on-the Subway is good enough for me.

O. Henry

Stichwörter: new-york-city



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New York makes one think of the collapse of civilization, about Sodom and Gomorrah, the end of the world. The end wouldn't come as a surprise here. Many people already bank on it.

Saul Bellow

Stichwörter: new-york-city



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When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.

Fran Lebowitz

Stichwörter: new-york-city



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New York: A third-rate Babylon.

H.L. Mencken

Stichwörter: new-york-city



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You cannot keep something down that is bound to rise.

Juliet C. Obodo

Stichwörter: travel new-york-city inspiration-for-writers cafes



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It is a fact of big cities that one girl's darkest how is always another's moment of shining triumph, and New York is the biggest and cruelest city of them all.

Anna Godbersen

Stichwörter: new-york-city darkest-hour



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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

Stichwörter: success dream new-york-city



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Manhattan in the morning is a living stream of Purpose; everyone's got a place to be and a problem on their mind. That doesn't mean it's and unfriendly place -- just busy and preoccupied. Personally, I love it. I'm a social creature but there are times and places you just don't want to do more than grunt at your fellow human being.

Laura Anne Gilman

Stichwörter: people morning new-york-city manhattan



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The darker side of the City tried to emphasize the selfish parts of me by encouraging my sense of entitlement and my desire for personal space. But God seemed to whisper that the alternative existed: to let Him grow humility and concern for others in a way I had never experienced, to live out His peace amid whirling chaos. (p.67)

Tara Leigh Cobble

Stichwörter: peace god faith new-york-city christian-living nyc



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