New York City Community

Famous quotes containing the words york, city and/or community:

    “Then I discovered that my son had learned something new. For the first time, he was able to give a proper kiss, puckering up his lips and enfolding my face in his arms. “Kees Dada,” he said as he bussed me on the nose and cheeks. No amount of gratification at work could have compensated for that moment.”
    —Donald H. Bell. “Conflicting Interests,” New York Times Magazine (July 31, 1983)

    “Nor is there singing school but studying
    Monuments of its own magnificence;
    And therefore I have sailed the seas and come
    To the holy city of Byzantium.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)