3,292 Quotes About New-york

  • Author Olivia Thirlby
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    The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.

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  • Author Olivia Thirlby
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    There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.

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  • Author Pete Townshend
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    Link is a quiet man to meet- easy and courteous. His music, though, betrays that deep inside he gets very very mean very often. I remember being made very uneasy the first time I heard Rumble , and yet very excited by the guitar sound. And his voice! He sounds like a cross between Jagger and Van Morrison, even sometimes like Robbie Robertson. We met him in New York in 1970 while recording Who's Next.... this later inspired the b-side Wasp Man, a tune we dedicated to Link Wray.

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  • Author Rachael Taylor
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    In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York.

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  • Author Sam Trammell
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    I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'

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  • Author Sam Taylor-Wood
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    I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.

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  • Author Stanley Tucci
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    Like Joseph Mitchell, I would scour the streets of New York and find little pieces of what other people think of as junk - and collect it.

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