Quotes by Brooklyn I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn. Joe Torre brooklyn growing-up kids I grew up in Brooklyn. Johnny Kelly brooklyn grew grew-up Brooklyn was like Philadelphia made better by its proximity to Manhattan. Jonathan Franzen brooklyn manhattan philadelphia Apparently Brooklyn needn't always push itself to be something else, something conscious and anxious, something pointed toward Manhattan.... Brooklyn might sometimes also be pleased, as here on Flatbush, to be its grubby, enduring self. Jonathan Lethem brooklyn manhattan self Back when I lived in Brooklyn, I'd sometimes take the Q train all the way out to Coney Island and back, and work on my laptop. There's something about pushy New Yorkers looking over your shoulder that really makes you produce sentences. Joshua Foer brooklyn back-when islands I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dodgers brooklyn rooted Brooklyn is a very weird borough. Keeth Smart brooklyn I've met others [people] who simply responded to me, "You're Kehinde Wiley. I know your work. I saw it at the Brooklyn Museum [Brooklyn, NY] And I'd be honored to be in your work." Kehinde Wiley brooklyn museums people I find it funny because people complain about Brooklyn becoming too hip, but would they prefer stock brokers or gunfights or something? Kemp Muhl brooklyn complaining people I wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway. Keri Russell brooklyn wish home I once started out to walk around the world but ended up in Brooklyn, that Bridge was too much for me. Lawrence Ferlinghetti brooklyn bridges world I'm 37, please don't make me go to Brooklyn. LIZ brooklyn please At all events there is in Brooklyn Marianne Moore brooklyn events home I've fallen in love with Brooklyn. I'm going to buy a little house in Brooklyn and live there. I'll go to the coast only when I have to make a picture. Marilyn Monroe brooklyn house littles I really consider myself a Californian, but I have those great comedic roots in Brooklyn. Mary Tyler Moore brooklyn californians roots My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health. Maurice Sendak bad-health brooklyn danger And I'm sure than in Poland, or somewhere, it is considered cool to drive a Porsche and wear necklaces and black silk, but at least back in Brooklyn if you did those things you were either a drug dealer or from New Jersey. Meg Cabot brooklyn black drug An egg cream can do anything. An egg cream to a Brooklyn Jew is like water to an Arab. A Jew will kill for an egg cream. It's the Jewish malmsey. Mel Brooks brooklyn eggs water Brooklyn praise is half slander. Mark Twain brooklyn half praise I saw all those great '70s films when I was 9, and no one in my Brooklyn neighborhood cared if a kid watched an R movie. Michael De Luca brooklyn saws kids «1234567»