Jon Stewart Quotes

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between the magnificent skyscrapers one feels the presence on the fringe of a howling, raging mob, a mob with empty bellies, a mob unshaven and in rags.

Baltimore is a goddamn ghetto. It's worse than Washington. It is shit.

The bad you see in N.Y.C. is troubling to know when it rears its ugly head.

Old New York City is a friendly old town From Washington Heights to Harlem on down There's a-mighty many people all millin' all around They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down It's hard times in the city Livin' down in New York town

The Bronx always seemed very dreary to me.

I grew up in New York.

I love New York City; I've got a gun.

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and I'm not under any illusions that it's a crime-free nirvana. I'm well aware it has plenty of problems, though they seem to be associated with particular areas.

In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place.

I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.

The streets are safe in Philadelphia, it's only the people that make them unsafe.

I've lived my entire life in New York, and it informs everything.

I loved experiencing city life in New York.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. Suffice to say, it was not a garden spot.

I love New York, it's always been my home. It has everything - music, fashion, entertainment, impressive buildings, huge parks, street cafes. And it's very international, with people from all over the world.

If you've seen one city slum you've seen them all.

If I could live anywhere else in the world, I would probably want a place back in New York.

I'm from New York City. I grew up in the city. Suburban life was very odd to me.

When it comes to Baltimore I want to say that it's actually a lot worse than what you see in 'The Wire.'

One time, I threw a candy wrapper on the street. I was with a friend who said to me, You just littered on the street! Don't you care about the environment? And I thought about it, and I said, You know what? This isn't the environment. This is New York City. New York City is not the environment. New York City is a giant piece of litter. Next to Mexico City, it's the shittiest piece of litter in the world. Just a pussy, runny, smokin', stinkin' piece of litter.

I've never been in this part of Trenton before. I don't feel comfortable driving around buildings that haven't got gang slogans sprayed on them. Look at this place. No boarded-up windows. No garbage in the gutter. No brothers selling goods on the street. Don't know how people can live like this.

When we got off the streetcar at Times Square, it was somewhat of a letdown. Newspapers were blowing about the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy, like a slovenly woman just out of bed.

People had said to me New York is kind of cutthroat and people walk past you on the street. I find it the opposite. I find that people want to talk.

Currently, it was leading him through a neighborhood that was on the downside of whatever curve you hoped you'd bought your property on the upside of. Graffiti and garbage were everywhere here. They were everywhere in the city, if it came to that, but elsewhere the garbage was better quality, and the graffiti was close to being correctly spelled. The whole area was waiting for something to happen, like a really bad fire.

Detroit... where 'mother' is half a word.