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“In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.”
Thomas Erskine
“I can't wait to get back to New York City where at least when I walk down the streat, no one ever hesitates to tell me exactly what they think of me.”
Ani Difranco
“New York is a granite beehive, where people jostle and whir like molecules in an overheated jar. Houston is six suburbs in search of a center.”
Nigel Goslin
“New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.”
Brendan Behan
“No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris ... [because] no known motor can run at the requisite speed for four days without stopping.”
Orville Wright
“The crime problem in New York is getting really serious. The other day the Statue of Liberty had both hands up.”
Jay Leno
“They say life's what happens when you're busy making other plans. But sometimes in New York, life is what happens when you're waiting for a table.”
Sarah Jessica Parker
“I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough, let's go west.'”
Richard Jeni
“New York has always been going to hell but somehow it never gets there”
Robert Persig
“Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.”
Ambrose Bierce
