42nd Street Quotes

#1. The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change.

Joseph Campbell

#2. At 15 I auditioned for 42nd Street in Australia. Dein Perry was in that show. I actually got the job but I couldn't do it because I was only 15. Legally I needed to have another 15-year-old to cover consecutive nights.

Adam Garcia

#3. Nick and I could become goodwill ambassadors for the city now that the porno shops on 42nd Street are gone. Must make mental note to contact mayor.

Rachel Cohn

#4. Give my regards to Broadway,
Remember me to Herald Square,
Tell all the gang at 42nd Street,
That I will soon be there;
Whisper of how I'm yearning
To mingle with the old time throng,
Give my regards to old Broadway,
And say that I'll be there e'er long.

George M. Cohan

#5. I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

#6. I never really thought of my neighborhood in South Philly as being a neighborhood; it was more a state of mind. For people who aren't familiar with those kinds of places, it's a whole different thing. Like, 42nd Street in New York City is a state of mind.

Jim Croce

#7. 42nd Street with its quarter mile of marquees offering porn of all types, colors, sizes, and flavors.

Rich Zahradnik

#8. We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.

Will Durant

#9. In 1962, I wrote a series about 42nd Street called 'Welcome to Lostville.' One result was that the young Bob Dylan read it and invited me to his first concert at Town Hall; the result was a kind of friendship that years later led to my liner notes for 'Blood on the Tracks.'

Pete Hamill

#10. I didn't think about being king," he said, his voice hoarse.
Eddis stared. "Your capacity to land yourself in a mess because you didn't think first, Eugenides, will never cease to amaze me. What do you mean you didn't think about being king? Is Attolia going to marry you and move into my library?

Megan Whalen Turner

#11. One sometimes must sail with the wind and sometimes against it, but the important thing is to keep your sails full.

Mark Beauregard

#12. I would not exchange my freedom from old superstition, if I were to be burned at the stake next month, for all the peace and quiet of orthodoxy, if I must take the orthodoxy with peace and quiet.

Harriet Martineau

#13. Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!'

John Boehner

#14. Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.

Francis Arinze

#15. I'm a thug, but I swear for three days I cried.

The Notorious B.I.G.

#16. You can have a great script, and it can be a great show, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't take the public's interest.

Joanne Froggatt

#17. Why do photographers photograph? To make unreality visible.

Bill Jay

#18. Stained upon my hands, the blood of innocents brands my soul with such a crime forgiveness gapes appalled.

Michael J. Sullivan

#19. The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.

Pope Francis

#20. Throughout your career people will try to distract you. Some will scream at you, others will say things behind your back, and a few feral animals will literally try to throw their stiletto heel in in your lane and trip you. Keep your eyes straight ahead and just run your race.

Sharyn Alfonsi

#21. Magick isn't every answer. A body must know how to fend for himself without it as well. A gift should never be squandered on what you can do with your wit and your hands or your back.

Nora Roberts

#22. When I'm making a movie, I don't like to know what's going to happen next. I like to watch something and be surprised all the time, and just not know, and let it take me wherever.

Julian Schnabel