"It's much easier to hire really great people like that in New York and in Brooklyn in particular, than it is in Washington."

-- David Plotz

#New York Quotes #People Quotes #Brooklyn Quotes

“They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much. I couldn't wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together.”

Source : Al Roker (2001). “Don't Make Me Stop This Car: Adventures in Fatherhood”, Fireside
“I'm delighted that our high school kids are developing these positives relationships with our police officers and getting such terrific hands-on experience. This will provide great benefits to our community now and in the future.”
“I keep waiting for the roof to cave in. I was raised to follow the Golden Rule, you know, treat people the way you wish to be treated. That's kind of the way I live my life. Maybe someone up there likes me for that.”
“People always think I get really good reviews, but I don't. That's why I don't go on the Internet much - because you can go down a dark hole looking at stuff. Once, I clicked on my name and freaked out. It's too bizarre, it's too weird, it's too unsettling.”
“You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.”
“God's poet is silence! His song is unspoken, And yet so profound, so loud, and so far, It fills you, it thrills you with measures unbroken, And as soft, and as fair, and as far as a star.”

Source : Joaquin Miller (1873). “Songs of the Sun-lands”, p.25
“Do not despise or hate your neighbor because he has been a success; take care of your own case.”
“I've spent a lot of time off planet.”

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