Quotes about New York

The Most Beautiful Quotes About New York

• “I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I say, ‘There is no place like New York.’ It’s the most exciting city in the world right now. That’s how it is. That’s all there is to it.”
  Robert De Niro, American actor.
• “When it’s 3 o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.”
  Bette Midler, American actress.
• “I don’t think all intelligence reports are interesting. Sometimes I find more in the New York Times.”
  John F. Kennedy, American president (1917–1963)
• “It’s ridiculous to set a detective story in New York. New York is itself a detective story.”
  Agatha Christie, British novelist (1890–1976).
• “New York is a different country. Maybe it should have its own government. Everybody thinks different there, acts different. They just don’t know what the rest of the United States is like.”
  Henry Ford, American industrialist (1863–1947).
• “I’m amazed by people who want to travel around the universe when it’s so hard to find your way around Chinatown.”
  Woody Allen, American filmmaker.
• “I don’t like Los Angeles. The people are horrible and terribly shallow, and everyone wants to be famous but nobody wants to do the work. I’m from New York. I’ll kill to get what I need.”
  Lady Gaga, American singer.
• “I step out of the taxi and it’s probably the only city that’s better than on postcards.”
  Milos Forman, American filmmaker.

Quotes About New York from International Personalities

• “There is something in the air of New York that makes sleep unnecessary.”
  Simone de Beauvoir, philosopher (1908–1986).
• “Sometimes, beyond the skyscrapers, the cry of a tugboat surprises you in your insomnia, and you remember that this desert of iron and cement is an island.”
  Albert Camus, writer (1913–1960).
• “Hundreds of times I have thought that New York is a catastrophe, and fifty times: it’s a magnificent catastrophe.”
  Le Corbusier, architect (1887–1965).
• “For me, New York is comfortable, not strange.”
  Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer (1933–2019).