Will Guidara, quoted in The Points Guy
Friday, February 26, 2021
Embraced and Challenged
"Looking for an adventure? There is always one to be found. New York City has that rare ability to simultaneously make you feel embraced and challenged, all at once, every single day. As long as I live here, I will never be bored."
Will Guidara, quoted in The Points Guy
Will Guidara, quoted in The Points Guy
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Sliding Texture
"New York has a sliding texture, like a toboggan. Everyone is in movement and everyone wants to succeed."
Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada, Humanos y marcianos en Nueva York II
Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada, Humanos y marcianos en Nueva York II
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Individual New York
"The cosmopolis remains forever a mystery and a marvel, inspirational and infuriating, arousing both loathing and longing. Whether you're a resident, visitor, or commuter, your New York is different from everyone else's. "
Laura Pedersen, Life in New York
Laura Pedersen, Life in New York
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Coldness and Callousness
Bernard Rollin, Putting the Horse Before Descartes
Monday, February 22, 2021
The Most Perfect City
"New York is the most perfect city. It never sleeps. It dazzles all its visitors. In this city, the richest man of our poor country would feel like a beggar, the most corrupted person like a saint, the most ignorant like a wise person, the wisest like an ignoramus."
Unnamed undocumented immigrant, quoted in La Chulla Vida
Unnamed undocumented immigrant, quoted in La Chulla Vida
Friday, February 19, 2021
Desperate Passion
"New York is a woman, she'll make you cry
And to her you're just another guy
And she's every girl you've seen in every movie
Every dame you've ever known on late night TV
In her steam and steel is the passion you feel
Desperately."
Suzanne Vega, New York is a Woman
And to her you're just another guy
And she's every girl you've seen in every movie
Every dame you've ever known on late night TV
In her steam and steel is the passion you feel
Desperately."
Suzanne Vega, New York is a Woman
Thursday, February 18, 2021
The City We Love
"Right now the city that we love is crippled, as sure as if it's been under attack for the last year. The city we love needs us here."
Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck), Blue Bloods
Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck), Blue Bloods
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
New York, New York
"New York, New York. City so nice they named it twice. Manhattan is the other name."
Michael Scott (Steve Carell), The Office
Michael Scott (Steve Carell), The Office
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Atomic Collider
"This city will come back when it’s once again a magnet that draws people in; the electric, the eccentric, the hucksters, the hustlers, the immigrants, the schemers and the refugees. All 8 million-plus people, and, we hope, plenty more, pack in like sardines across the city’s square miles — in offices, on stages, streets, sidewalks, in restaurants, hospitals and hallways of high-rises. What happens next is the human equivalent of an atomic collider, the machine that speeds up tiny particles and sends them smashing into each other. That collision creates energy."
Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News
Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News
Monday, February 15, 2021
Fancy Restaurant
"Living in New York is like going to a fancy restaurant. You know you can’t afford to taste the best things on the menu, so you split an expensive appetizer, you order a glass of tap water, and you call it a night. But you still get to tell everyone that you ate there."
Keri Savoca, Medium
Keri Savoca, Medium
Friday, February 12, 2021
Hanging Out with the Popular Kids
"I've long held the belief that being a fan or a cheerleader of New York is ethically and aesthetically dubious. Like the Yankees and, for that matter, the Mets, New York needs no more fans. This place is dense with wealth, with cultural capital, with anecdote; it is the setting for too many movies, books, and television shows. To be a vocal fan of New York is like hanging out with the popular kids."
Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker
Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Great Metropolis
"Tough times lay ahead. New York is not going to be 'finished' by a pandemic, though. The great metropolises — Rome, Paris, London, Berlin — have all been wracked by plagues and war and upheaval. And the throngs return, as they will to New York, a great metropolis."
Matthew Conlon, Marketwatch
Matthew Conlon, Marketwatch
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
No Big Deal
"Everybody say New York is big deal, number-one city. I say no. New York no big deal, too old. Not too smart. China smarter. Shanghai much more smarter."
Colin Harrison, The Finder
Colin Harrison, The Finder
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
New York is Here to Stay
"New York City is not going down the drain. New York City is here to stay and it's still the greatest city in the world."
Abraham Beame, Pretend It's a City
Abraham Beame, Pretend It's a City
Monday, February 8, 2021
Elbow Sharpener
"New York is a great elbow sharpener, and it rewards those willing to go through doors that are not yet open. What you find on the other side can change your life."
Ben Widdicombe, Gatecrasher
Ben Widdicombe, Gatecrasher
Friday, February 5, 2021
Having a Car in New York
"Having a car in New York is like having a baby. They start crying in the middle of the night. You constantly have to worry about where they are. You have to mop up their leaks."
Caren Lissner, Carrie Pilby
Caren Lissner, Carrie Pilby
Thursday, February 4, 2021
To Live in a Dream
"New York is bliss, again. The stores are selling all sorts of aspirations to all sorts of possibilities and being here in a land of so much promise—and so many promises—is to live in a dream."
Zelda Fitzgerald, Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda
Zelda Fitzgerald, Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Agent of Apathy
Dana Czapnik, The Falconer
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Greatest Vampire
"New York is immortal, the greatest vampire that ever lived. Mount Olympus wants to be New York, but there is only one. Often imitated yet NEVER duplicated.... not even close."
Whoopi Goldberg, Travel and Leisure Magazine
Whoopi Goldberg, Travel and Leisure Magazine
Monday, February 1, 2021
Fighter
"I love New York because it has taught me so much about myself. The city turns you into a fighter; it toughens you up and makes you strong. I love the many different people and cultures that are joining together."
Maya Stepper, Fashion Week Daily
Maya Stepper, Fashion Week Daily
Friday, January 29, 2021
Island with a Moat
"New York is like an island with a moat around it and the drawbridge has been pulled up."
Vijay Dandapani, The New York Times
Vijay Dandapani, The New York Times
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Alive City
"Whilst others may dislike the crammed buildings, the sirens and utter confusion of Times Square, to me New York is more alive than any city I’ve been to. And if the heart of New York City is its people — a heart that thumps, pounds and palpitates with an astounding rhythm — then its femoral artery is the High Line."
Thomas Blythe, Port Magazine
Thomas Blythe, Port Magazine
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Love Story
"Me and New York would go out and get drunk and talk about books and act like we were more sophisticated than we were and pretend we had never lived in the suburbs of Cleveland and be like, 'God, I can’t believe I got lucky enough to find you.' I never really fell out of love with New York."
Devin Friedman, Medium
Devin Friedman, Medium
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Peoria, New York, Los Angeles
"I left Peoria for New York because New York was cheerier. Los Angeles is cheerier than New York. L.A. is to New York as New York is to Peoria."
Betty Friedan, Interviews with Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan, Interviews with Betty Friedan
Monday, January 25, 2021
Doing Everything Quickly
Friday, January 22, 2021
Spontaneity
Natalie Krinsky, Flickering Myth
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Staten Island Ferry
Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Monday, January 18, 2021
Masterful
"New York is an endless space. A work of art about vice, emptiness, devastation and madness. Masterful."
Manolo Sicart, Humanos y marcianos en Nueva York II
Manolo Sicart, Humanos y marcianos en Nueva York II
Friday, January 15, 2021
Fitting In
"Sweetie, listen, all you did was pass out, puke and pee in your pants. You were in Central Park. You fit right in."
Fran Fine (Fran Drescher), The Nanny
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Fastest Runner
"New York is a dramatic city. It's high drama, it's high energy. I don't think there is a place that runs faster."
Zac Posen, New York Fashion
Zac Posen, New York Fashion
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
True Legacy
Emma Specter, Vogue
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Anything is Possible
"Love is possible. Anything is possible. This is New York."
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Sex and the City
Monday, January 11, 2021
Change in New York
Jorge Colombo, The New Yorker
Friday, January 8, 2021
Tired of Life
"Every true New Yorker believes with all his heart that when a New Yorker is tired of New York, he is tired of life."
Robert Moses, quoted in The Little Red Book of New York Wisdom
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Wide-Open Doors
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"I will always love New York for welcoming me with open arms and for being the only place in the world with as much opportunity available, especially for new arrivals. Every day, New York offers proof of the power and value in wide-open doors."
Peter Lawrence, quoted in The Points Guy
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Created for Ambition
"New York was created for ambition and that's why I'm here."
Paulina Porizkova, quoted in The Sun Sentinel
Paulina Porizkova, quoted in The Sun Sentinel
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Universe Itself
"To New Yorkers (and many others who dream about migrating there) this city is not only the center of the Solar System and the Milky Way but the Universe itself, with all of the billions of galaxies and innumerable black holes rotating around Manhattan."
Oleg Svet, The Divine Madness
Oleg Svet, The Divine Madness
Monday, January 4, 2021
Inmortal City
"I take it really personally when I see articles saying, 'New York is dead.' It’s New York City. New York will never ever be dead. New York is the most resilient city and it always prevails."
Nicky Hilton, The New York Post
Nicky Hilton, The New York Post
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