Quotes by Manhattan As the old saying went, the Manhattan Project wasn't built in a day. Or was that Rome? Something to do with Earth, anyway. Alastair Reynolds manhattanromeearth One of my favorites is "Time and Again" by Jack Finney. It takes place in Manhattan and goes back and forth between 1882 and the 1950s. It's really a cult book. Alice Hoffman back-and-forthmanhattanbook What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel. Andrew Cuomo manhattanengineeringmade It's pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan. Baz Luhrmann manhattanhard Israel is so tiny. It's, you know, a little less than the length of Manhattan, without the West Bank, without Judea and Samaria. Benjamin Netanyahu manhattanisraellittles A new biography of Madonna came out last week, and apparently the biography lists all the men she's slept with. The book is apparently called the Manhattan Telephone Directory. Bill Maher manhattanmenbook When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because he used to come around to the Manhattan club in the forties - before he died in the early forties. They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since. Bobby Fischer manhattanplayerpeople The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Hermosa Beach, California. Bryan Burrough manhattancaliforniabeach Comparing the Brooklyn that I know with Manhattan is like comparing a comfortable and complacent duenna to her more brilliant and neurotic sister. Carson McCullers brooklynmanhattanbrilliant I find the elitism and blatant provincialism of many (Manhattan-based) New Yorkers unattractive. Just as place can be an identity crutch that helps a person feel individual, place can be a crutch in poetry. Cate Marvin manhattanunattractiveidentity I decided that, if I were to write a teen series, I'd want to set it in a place that was familiar to me - Manhattan, where I'd grown up - and I'd model the characters on myself and my friends. Cecily von Ziegesar manhattanwritingcharacter People used to feel oddly empowered to tell me all the reasons I couldn't win. Because I was a woman. Because I was a lesbian. Because I was from the West Side of Manhattan. Christine Quinn manhattanwinningpeople It seems to me, correct me if I'm wrong, that there are an awful lot of people in Manhattan. And it's getting worse. Cynthia Heimel manhattanawfulpeople There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here. Daniel Libeskind manhattanstrongpeople I'm no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn. David Byrne brooklynmanhattanuse When I grew up, I was in Manhattan the whole time. But my kids have been all over the world. David Duchovny manhattankidsworld All I'm saying is that it's shortsighted to blame TV. It's simply another symptom. TV didn't invent our aesthetic childishness here any more than the Manhattan Project invented aggression. David Foster Wallace manhattanblametvs Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen. David Wilkerson brooklynmanhattanmiracle Whether a plane to Singapore, a subway in Manhattan, or the streets of Cincinnati, I search for meaningful conversation wherever I may travel. Without it, I believe we lose the ability to not only understand others, but more importantly, ourselves. Dhani Jones manhattanmeaningfulbelieve When I'm working on a film, I think about how it will play with a tiny audience of friends whose opinions I respect, basically a 40-bloc radius from my apartment in Manhattan. Doug Liman manhattanplaythinking12345»
