New York City Department

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

    “You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.”
    —Polish Proverb. New York Times Magazine (February 20, 1994)

    “I’m darned if I understand you city folks. Always rushing, rushing. Always thinking about the future. No wonder you have stomach trouble.”
    —James Poe (1921–1980)

    “All his works might well enough be embraced under the title of one of them, a good specimen brick, “On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History.” Of this department he is the Chief Professor in the World’s University, and even leaves Plutarch behind.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)