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New Yorker Quotes (page 2)

J. D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield is a literary descendant of Huck Finn: more educated and sophisticated, the son of affluent New Yorkers, but like Huck a youthful runaway from a world of adult hypocrisy, venality and, to use one of his own favourite words, phoniness. What particularly appals Holden is the eagerness of his peers to adopt that corrupt grownup behaviour. David Lodge
I mean, if you have any idea of any kind of complexity or immensity or destiny, of general order, you're put in a position of nothingness. And I think this is true. I don't think I'm anything; I never have thought that. Whatever it is that activates it is a certain kind of energy that goes on. But the effect is ridiculous; it's absurd."--Lincoln Kirstein in "The New Yorker Lincoln Kirstein
She adapted herself to the split-second rhythm of the New Yorker going to and from work. Getting to the office was a nervous ordeal. If she arrived one minute before nine, she was a free person. If she arrived one minute after, she worried because that made her the logical scapegoat of the boss if he happened to be in a bad mood that day. Betty Smith
By comparison with other less hectic days, the city is unconfortable and inconvenient; but New Yorkers tempramentally do not crave comfort and convenience - if they did they would live elsewhere. E. B. White
Alison Bechdel quote: "The sudden approximation of my dull, provincial life to a New..."
The sudden approximation of my dull, provincial life to a New Yorker cartoon was exhilarating. Alison Bechdel
The cars rushing below knew nothing. People in cars weren't New Yorkers anyway, they'd suffered some basic misunderstanding. The two boys on the walkway, apparently standing still they were moving faster than the cars. Nineteen seventy-five. Jonathan Lethem
So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I feel very much a New Yorker. Alma Guillermoprieto
Genevieve Gorder quote: "I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are..."
I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded. Genevieve Gorder
It is in the nature of the New Yorker to be as topical as possible, on a level that is often small in scale and playful in intention. Brendan Gill
As an old-time New Yorker, it's not that I miss the '70s and '80s or whatever. I miss the fact that there was a certain kind of energy that exists when people can live for nothing. Abel Ferrara
Phyllis Diller quote: "Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument,..."
Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed. Phyllis Diller
As one of the voices of rural New Yorkers in Congress, I am committed to supporting efforts such as these that will make a real impact in people's lives. John M. McHugh
More than 150 heads of state attended the UN Summit, giving New Yorkers a chance to get in touch with prejudices they didn't even know they had. Jon Stewart
Hope Davis quote: "I'm a New Yorker, and I rarely get to work at home."
I'm a New Yorker, and I rarely get to work at home. Hope Davis
Parker Stevenson quote: "I still think of myself really as a New Yorker."
I still think of myself really as a New Yorker. Parker Stevenson

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