Bronx Quotes

“I was too much of a Bronx kid to read Emerson or Hawthorne.”

“I like the idea of differenttheres and elsewheres, an Idaho known for bluegrass,a Bronx where people talklike violets smell. Perhaps I am somewhere patient, somehowkind, perhaps in the nookof a cousin universe I've never defiled or betrayedanyone.”

“Seven thousand of them were indicted and arraigned, and then they entered the maw of the criminal justice system—right here—through the gateway into Gibraltar, where the vans were lined up. That was about 150 new cases, 150 more pumping hearts and morose glares, every week that the courts and the Bronx County District Attorney's Office were open. And to what end? The same stupid, dismal, pathetic, horrifying crimes were committed day in and day out, all the same. What was accomplished by assistant D.A.'s, by any of them, through all this relentless stirring of the muck? The Bronx crumbled and decayed a little more, and a little more blood dried in the cracks. The Doubts! One thing was accomplished for sure. The system was fed, and those vans brought in the chow.”

“The silence became palpable and merciless in its depths. The only sound came from my car’s radio. The Temptations towed me to tears.”

“The Bronx? No Thonx!”

“The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships.”

“Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.”

“I grew up in the Bronx where you would stay up late with your girlfriends, just being silly in our bedrooms, whatever. And I was always the clown.”

“People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.”

“As someone who grew up in the Bronx, I certainly learned my share of four-letter words, but none are more powerful than nice.”