“When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere.”
“When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.”
“She's always thought that one of the beauties of New York is that you can be from anywhere and within moments of landing its yours.”
“If you are with the quality, or at a funeral, or trying to go to sleep when you ain't sleepy - if you are anywheres where it won't do for you to scratch, why you will itch all over in upwards of a thousand places.”
“It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.”
“Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today. I want to be a part of it. New York... New York..." New York, New York - Fred Ebb/John Kander”