Going Places

Riverside Park South

"Because strangers only see New Yorkers in transit, they leave with the impression that the city is one great mindless rush to nowhere. They complain that it's moving too fast, but they don't notice that it's getting there first. For better and for worse, New York has been where the rest of the country is going."
Andy Rooney, Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit

Manhattan Island

East 34th Street Ferry Landing

"Being an island is an important thing about New York because even though no one thinks much about it from day to day, they have to go to quite a bit of trouble to get on it and off it. This makes being there something of an event and people don't take it so lightly. New York isn't like so many places that just sort of dwindle away until you're out of town. In New York, it's very definite. You're either there or you aren't."
Andy Rooney, Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit

Anonymity

Apple Store

"The crowd in New York bestows on the people it comprises a blessed anonymity. New Yorkers are protected from the necessity of being individuals when being one serves no purpose."
Andy Rooney, Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit

Grand Canyon

"New York City is as amazing in its own way as the Grand Canyon. As a matter of fact, you can't help thinking that maybe Nature would have made New York City look the way it does if it had had the money and the know-how."
Andy Rooney, Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit

Nature and the City

Riverside Park and Drive

"Nature and New York City have a lot in common. Both are absolutely indifferent to the human condition."
Andy Rooney, Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit