Metropolitan Life Quotes

I love living in New York.

I was brought up in a flat in North London - virtually the last building in London, because north of us was countryside all the way to the coast, and south of us was non-stop London for 20 miles.

I'm a New Yorker, and working in New York was divine for me. I loved working there and going to work there, which I've been able to do three or four times in my career, and I just love it. It's my favorite.

I love New York. I love working here.

If you're not in New York, you're camping out.

New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.

As a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State, my only exposure to New York City was through movies. The town with its towering skyscrapers, fascinating people and teeming energy absolutely captivated me.

For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities and the stimuli for the development of both these ways of allocating roles to men.

New York is the last true city.

Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men.

Everything is so convenient in New York.

I live in New York City. Since 1983, this is my home. It is my heart, it is my home, and it is the city that I love. I enjoy many places and many opportunities, but I absolutely adore New York City.

I certainly think it's really important that folks in the metropolitan area be able to meet the increased cost of living.

I love New York. It's hard to explain, but it's the energy of the city. It's not like L.A. where everything is spread out.

The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed.

New York's definitely got my heart.

This is supposed to be the Big Apple, with neighborhoods where the houses are all good-looking and the skyscrapers and everything. But to me, New York is kind of shoddy and uncomfortable.

The truth is, there are so many terrific places in New York because it's the greatest city in the world, and there are so many fascinating places to see that, frankly, it's humbling.

New York is just an energy. There's a beauty to the way it's laid out: the architecture, the way the planning is. It's huge, but you really do get to experience more than your own existence here. It's kinda hard to isolate yourself from different types of people, different types of ideas or communities.

I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having the culture at my fingertips.

I always dreamed of living in N.Y.C.

London is on the whole the most possible form of life.

London is a huge shop, with a hotel on the upper storeys.

I was born in Manhattan, raised in Queens, went to high school and college in Brooklyn. My father was a city cop for over 30 years. To me, New York values are being patriotic, being strong, not panicking when there's a crisis, and trying to help each other out.

I think I was made to live in New York. I love it.