New york quotes

“Year after year, twenty-something women come to New York City in search of the two L's: labels and love.”
Sarah Jessica Parker - Carrie Bradshaw

“The place: New York City. The time: Now, 1962. And there's no time or place like it. If you've got a dream, this is the place to make that dream come true. That's why the soaring population of hopeful dreamers has just reached eight million people. Oh! Make that eight million and one.”
Rick Scarry - Narrator

“- Hugo: We shall show you that New York City is a dream created by higher beings as a temporary lodging place in the earthly sojourn.
- Adam Beckett: Wow. But how do I know that this isn't a dream right now?
- Hugo: Faith!”
Paul Rogers - Hugo
Zach Galligan - Adam Beckett

This "Exterminator" is the most dangerous serial killer in the United States and he is in New York City!
Patrick Farrelly - CIA Agent Shaw

“- Lynne Wood: What the hell was that?
- Mama: Sounded like some sort of animal.
- Lynne Wood: Yeah well, if animals around here are smart enough to run radios we're up shitcreek without a paddle.
- Mama: You know you never used language like that before you moved to New York City.”
Dee Wallace - Lynne Wood
Cordy Clark - Mama

“- Statler: Well, Waldorf, they finally made it to Broadway.
- Waldorf: Yes, and I already bought tickets.
- Statler: Are they good seats?
- Waldorf: Sure are. They're on the next train out of town.”
Richard Hunt - Statler
Jim Henson - Waldorf

“- Rebecca: Where is Jack?
- Peter Mitchell: He's in Turkey. Exactly where I'd be if my baby was in New York.”
Margaret Colin - Rebecca
Tom Selleck - Peter Mitchell

“I'm a New Yorker. Fear's my life.”
Wayne Wilcox - Gordon

“- Judy: You get all soulful and pretend to want things that you really can't stand.
- Gabe: Like what? What are you talking about?
- Judy: Like moving to Europe. That's just a flirting technique, you couldn't survive off the island of Manhattan for more than 48 hours.”
Mia Farrow - Judy Roth
Woody Allen - Gabe Roth

“In 1988, the crime rate in the United States rises four hundred percent. The once great city of New York becomes the one maximum security prison for the entire country. A fifty-foot containment wall is erected along the New Jersey shoreline, across the Harlem River, and down along the Brooklyn shoreline. It completely surrounds Manhattan Island....” (continue)(continue reading)
Jamie Lee Curtis - Narrator

“- Dracula: I heard a rooster crow.
- Cindy Sondheim: A rooster? In New York City?”
George Hamilton - Dracula
Susan Saint James - Cindy Sondheim

“We must've been the only Irish family to be saying goodbye to the Statue of Liberty rather than hello.”

Andrew Bennett - Narrator

“- Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon): You want me to drive?
- Roger Murtaugh: No, you're supposed to be suicidal, remember? I'll drive.
- Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon): Anybody who drives around in this town is suicidal.”

Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs
Danny Glover - Roger Murtaugh

“- Lt. Jake Stone: You arrested a waiter?
- Norman Robberson: Jake, he was rude.
- Lt. Jake Stone: Norman, you can't arrest people for being rude. If you could, all of New York City would be on Death Row.”
Jack Palance - Jake Stone
Chevy Chase - Norman Robberson

“I'm engaged to a nice, normal guy. Do you know how hard it is to find a nice, normal guy in New York?”
Heather Graham - Sharonna

“I like London. You know I did my research before I came. I came because I found out it was my kind of town. I mean the cops don't carry guns. Now the cops still try and chase the bad guys; but they don't find it necessary to kill him when they catch him. I call that civilized. That's one of the reasons I left New York to come here.”
Ed Lauter - Smoke

“- Spot Conlon: Your honor, I object.
- Judge Movealong Monahan: On what grounds?
- Spot Conlon: On the grounds of Brooklyn, your honor.”
Gabriel Damon - Spot Conlon
William Boyett - Judge Movealong Monahan

“- Charles: As soon as we get settled, we'll build you a dark room in the basement, okay?
- Lydia: My whole life is a dark room. One big dark room.
- Delia: So you were miserable in New York City, and now you're going to be miserable out here in the sticks. At least someone's life hasn't been upheaved.”
Jeffrey Jones - Charles
Winona Ryder - Lydia
Catherine O'Hara - Delia

“- Richard Mason: Take care now.
- Sue Charlton: Don't worry. I'm a New Yorker!”
Mark Blum - Richard Mason
Linda Kozlowski - Sue Charlton

“- Joan: If you don't tell me what the hell is going on around here, I am going to be on the first plane back to New York!
- Omar: It's impossible. Tomorrow we journey to Kadhir where the following night I will proclaim myself Emperor of the Nile. You must be there with me. It will be your most important chapter.”
Kathleen Turner - Joan
Spiros Focás - Omar

“Nothing shocks these New York cab drivers!”
Joe Mantegna - Joe

“What happens to a man when he loses everything? Everything he's worked for, everything he believes in? Driven from his home, cast out of society. How can he survive? Where can he go? New York City! For centuries people have come to New York seeking refuge from their troubled lives.”
Matthew Broderick - Jim McAllister

“- Sydney Schanberg: I got a story to get to New York!
- Dith Pran: Don't leave me!
- Sydney Schanberg: I won't leave you.”
Sam Waterston - Sydney Schanberg
Haing S. Ngor - Dith Pran

“- Max Sherman: I live where the money is. You don't think this NYC crowd would have anything to do with me unless I could move millions of bucks around, do you...? Does your wife work?
- Lenny Brown: Yeah, she has a great job.
- Max Sherman: Lucky for you.”
Steven Hill - Max Sherman
James Woods - Lenny Brown

“- Colleen Van Deusen: Has everyone checked in?
- Charles McCulloch: No. Jim Miller and Suzi Donaldson never showed up, and I'm more than a little concerned.
- Colleen Van Deusen: Well, don't be. They probably decided to explore each other rather than New York.”
Barbara Bingham - Colleen Van Deusen
Peter Mark Richman - Charles McCulloch