Quotes About New York Taxis

#1. NASA is developing space taxis to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station. And just like New York taxis, they're all going to be driven by aliens.

Jimmy Fallon

#2. Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, written

Jared Diamond

#3. I can't get over the exciting beauty of New York - the pencil buildings so high and far that the blueness of the sky floats about them; the feeling that one's taxis, and shopping, all go on in the deep canyon-beds of natural erosions rather than in the excrescences of human builders.

Freya Stark

#4. That's really what the mall is all about: money. At the mall the rule is: Credito, ergo sum - I shop, therefore I am.

Jessica Zafra

#5. Sweet serenity is found in fervent prayer. Then, we forget ourselves and remember the reaching hands of the Savior, who said, "Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." As our burdens are shared with Him, they do become lighter.

Russell M. Nelson

#6. Gratitude is the great multiplier, so say thank you for your health every single day.

Rhonda Byrne

#7. People often think of New York as a city, a concrete jungle with soaring skyscrapers and yellow taxis and the bright lights of Times Square. And it is that, in part. But beyond that, it's rolling hills of fruit orchards and fields of grain and ice-cold waters brimming with oysters.

Daniel Humm

#8. Taxicabs might seem like a luxury item, and given the profound needs of so many disabled people in New York, why would we bother with taxis? I contend that even if you need a taxi once a year - there are times when you need a taxi.

Simi Linton

#9. Guns are for television actors," Dave said. "Not real people. The wrong ones always get hurt.

Joseph Hansen

#10. Adjectives are the curse of America.

Rita Mae Brown

#11. The question is not "Can this product be built?" In the modern economy, almost any product that can be imagined can be built. The more pertinent questions are "Should this product be built?" and "Can we build a sustainable business around this set of products and services?" To

Eric Ries

#12. I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create 40,000 living wage jobs ... the city's contracting power is huge.

Sal Albanese

#13. Transportation is an essential part of our lives, and in New York City where driving is not a viable option most of the time, public transportation and taxis are the only way to get around.

Simi Linton

#14. Poetry vs. Prose

One difference of course
is the length of the line.
And some people suppose
that prose doesn't rhyme.

But I have a theory
that's more like a question:
If prose is lengthy fiction
is poetry short suggestion?

Daniel Klawitter

#15. In New York, the former lack of real competition allowed taxis to extract excessive charges, regardless of the poor service.

Barry Ritholtz

#16. I miss the noise in New York: the sound of taxis and that constant buzz the city has.

Bridget Moynahan

#17. We are indeed apt to ascribe certain faults to the place or to the time; but those faults will follow us, no matter how we change our place.

Seneca.