New York in My Hand

"I got Staten Island on my pinky, 
Queens on my thumb, dude
The Bronx on my middle finger screamin' fuck you
Rock ice in Manhattan so there's the ring finger
You know I had to keep Brooklyn on the trigger finger."
Busta Rhymes, Touch It

World Traveling

"It is a short and easy method of traveling around the world to take one's stand on Broadway: the world will pass by you if you stay long enough."
M.D. Conway, Fraser's Magazine

Strange Grace

"The reason people love the city is that it is difficult to live here. Come visit New York and observe a strange grace born of a hard and crazy life."
Roger Rosenblatt, Where We Stand