"When New Yorkers tell one about the dangers of their city, the muggings, the dinner parties to which no one turns up for fear of being attacked on the way, the traffic snarl-ups, the bland indifference of the city cops, they are unmistakably bragging."

-- Jonathan Raban

#New York Quotes #Party Quotes #Cities Quotes

“I believe tears are holy, because they show us that the ice of our heart is melting.”
“Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.”
“Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world.”

Source : Brendon Burchard (2012). “The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive”, p.23, Simon and Schuster
“If you worry about every little thing you're going to have one thoroughly miserable life.”
“My images are not images of reality, but show a kind of second reality, the image of the image.”
“Astronomy is something like the ministry. No one should go into it without a call. I got that unmistakable call, and I know that even if I were second-rate or third-rate, it was astronomy that mattered.”
“Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.”
“The primary purpose of the Museum is to help people enjoy, understand, and use the visual arts of our time.”

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