New York City Quotes

If “Been there, done that” isn’t your mantra,then make haste down your “bucket list.

~ Gina Greenlee

An unlimited supply of wonder and trust, bolsters life lived as a process of discovery.

~ Gina Greenlee

No need to queue up, step forward and count yourself in.

~ Gina Greenlee

Diving in IS testing the water.

~ Gina Greenlee

Go for it. It will make a great story.

~ Gina Greenlee

Manhattan is basically this island in New York, where all the cool stuff is located.

~ Jason Medina

Like flowers blooming through cement,we, too, can grow beyond our cracks.

~ Gina Greenlee

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~ Indie Reader

Be who you are. You may not always please but you will never go wrong.

~ Gina Greenlee

Be courageous: be still.

~ Gina Greenlee

The ghosts of Manhattan are not the spirits of the propertied classes; these are entombed in their names, their works, their constructions. New York's ghosts are the unresting souls of the poor, the marginal, the dispossessed, the depraved, the defective, the recalcitrant. They are the guardian spirits of the urban wilderness in which they lived and died. Unrecognized by the history that is common knowledge, they push invisibly behind it to erect their memorials in the collective unconscious.

~ Luc Sante

Whether by plane, bus or carpet, own the magic in your ride.

~ Gina Greenlee

My main concern while in New York wasn't becoming a hot shot. I was more concerned with staying alive, and that took all the pleasure out of the experience. I didn't know where to find a grocery store so I subsisted on hot dogs, peanuts and whatever else I could buy from a street vendor. I didn't know how to hail a cab (apparently there's an art to it). I stood on the edge of the sidewalk and waved my arms around but no one stopped, so I limited my entire universe to however far I could walk and I never walked too far because I was afraid I'd get lost and never find my way back home again. Perhaps that's why there are so many homeless people in New York; maybe they're not really lost, maybe some of them have homes but they just don't know how to get there.

~ Marlin Bressi

If you built the box, you can also break it down.

~ Gina Greenlee

When life hands you lemons, why stop at lemonade? Create an entire product line.

~ Gina Greenlee

If it’s true we only live once, then raise your red velvet curtain every chance you get.

~ Gina Greenlee

Keep moving. Your next big thing may be just around the corner.

~ Gina Greenlee

Till your inner garden and your outer landscape will flourish

~ Gina Greenlee

Give full attention to life’s moments and the images you capture will be everlasting.

~ Gina Greenlee

The adventures of a lifetime begin with “Yes.

~ Gina Greenlee

Whether you need to make a call or answer one,don’t put your passions on hold.

~ Gina Greenlee

Though I have not lived in New York City for more than two decades, these storytellers – from the United States, Britain and Canada – have touched my heart with their openness, inspired me with their joie de vivre and deepened my appreciation for my hometown as a worldwide phenomenon. Welcome to our New York.

~ Gina Greenlee

Fear not your flame as you flood your caverns with firelight.

~ Gina Greenlee

By necessity, we are direct and swift in speech and movement. This is the true dynamic that underlies our apocryphal rudeness. Also true: we do not make eye contact. Neither do we encourage it. Consider the number of humans a New Yorker will pass on a given day – on the subway, in a train or bus terminal, in an office or simply walking down the street. To facilitate speed and minimize drama, it’s productive to keep one’s eyes focused ahead.

~ Gina Greenlee

You’d be surprised who will back down when you speak up.

~ Gina Greenlee

For all the energy directed toward the stratagem of big city living, New Yorkers are never too distracted to respond to, and more often, proactively assist visitors. Tourists tracing the routes of subway maps with their fingers, squinting at street signs or staring at a slip of paper with confusion are typical recipients of our generosity. We know our city can be as challenging as it is fascinating, and we want visitors to have a good experience.

~ Gina Greenlee

No map? No problem. Let commitment and determination lead the way.

~ Gina Greenlee

I know when people think of New York, they think of theater, restaurants, cultural landmarks and shopping,” I told him. “But beyond the iconic skyline and the news from Wall Street, New York is a collection of villages. In our neighborhoods, we attend school, play Kick the Can, handball and ride our bikes. I grew up knowing the names and faces of the baker, the shoe repair family, the Knish man and the Good Humor man who sold me and the other kids in my neighborhood half a popsicle for a nickel. My father took me to the playground where he pushed me on the swing, helped balance me on the seesaw and watched as I hung upside down by my feet on the monkey bars. Yes,” I told the interviewer, “people actually grow up in New York.

~ Gina Greenlee

Ten years have passed and every day that I walk throughout the city, I feel honored to be a part of it - and atom in the blood of a beating heart belonging to the most wonderfully diverse, smart, creative, passionate being.

~ Melisa Singh

Want more fizz in your life? Shake things up.

~ Gina Greenlee

Practice trust in small matters for huge returns in the large ones.

~ Gina Greenlee

Nothing is lost in a stumble, only in the refusal to get up.

~ Gina Greenlee

The alchemy of diamonds from the rough is to mine every moment.

~ Gina Greenlee

Experiment with grounding yourself with who you are, not what you do.

~ Gina Greenlee

Those who walk the talk get the work.

~ Gina Greenlee

As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to reconnect with a long-held love.

~ Gina Greenlee

If you’ve broken any promises you’ve made to yourself, now is the time to make up for it.

~ Gina Greenlee

When you look for beauty, you usually end up finding it.From Central Park Song (A Screenplay)

~ Zack Love

Let the park live in you until it sings you a song.

~ Zack Love

All over the city lights were coming on in the purple-blue dusk. The street lights looked delicate and frail, as though they might suddenly float away from their lampposts like balloons. Long twirling ribbons of light, red, green, violet, were festooned about the doorways of drugstores and restaurants--and the famous electric signs of Broadway had come to life with glittering fish, dancing figures, and leaping fountains, all flashing like fire. Everything was beautiful. Up in the deepening sky above the city the first stars appeared white and rare as diamonds.

~ Elizabeth Enright