David Dinkins Quotes

I love the infinite variety of New York, how it's the epicenter of so many worlds.

New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It is, however, the most exciting heterogeneous mess of a town I've ever seen.

To start with, I love New York... It's a little bit of the whole world... In New York, the whole world comes to you.

The thing about Mumbai is you go five yards and all of human existence is revealed. It's an incredible cavalcade of life, and I love that.

The culture of New York is just impossible to replicate. It's such an incredible feeling to be walking on the streets of New York. You can literally find everything you need in a five block radius oftentimes.

It's fascinating to see how versatile New York City is. It lends itself to being so many different places!

New York has the biggest, most eclectic collection of people in the world.

Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite American city, I regard New York City as the most amazing city in the world. No other comes close. It is an incredible, inexhaustible engine.

I love New York City because there's something to do 24/7, something that will make you see things in a whole different light. Like they say, it's the city that never sleeps.

Mumbai and its people are full of warmth and love - it has the best qualities of all the cities in India.

I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.

And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality around every corner than any place else. It's something quite extraordinary.

I don't think any other city in the world... the sun doesn't shine the same way anywhere as it does in New York. And then I guess everyone's very good at hanging out. Not in a crazy way, but you're just constantly interacting and learning.

The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.

I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'

I find N.Y. very inspiring; there is an amazing energy and flow of creativity in N.Y. like nowhere else.

For me, New York still ranks as the most beautiful and the most interesting city in the world. It is also the most varied in terms of the things it has to offer.

New York is the coolest city. The place just never sleeps. It's amazing.

Once I moved to London I thought it was unbeatable. I work a lot in L.A. and love it, but would never give up London. It's a true world city, with an energy that's unique.

I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city.

London is a modern Babylon.

New York, without a doubt, is my favorite city in the world.

I always have a positive reaction to Times Square - you've got so many people passing through here, so many cultures, and so many people merging into the central community of New York City. This is the hub of America.

I really love New York, and I've lived here for a long time. I know not just the different neighborhoods but the different kind of class cultures in New York from the up-and-coming, down-and-out kind of artist to the powerful worlds of finance.

Most of the people in New York are very often from somewhere else.