Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Steele

I was born in D.C. on 8th Street. I know what's up. I know what time it is. I used to hang out in Brooklyn and in the Bronx as a teenager. I know what the real world is like.

Tracy Morgan

My life growing up was a twisted Bronx version of 'The Color Purple.' It had a much different soundtrack and no trees, but that desperation was the same.

Tracy Morgan

I'm not a child star, but you could say that I've grown up on TV. I went from being an unknown, down-and-out comic from Brooklyn and the Bronx to being a regular character on a major network comedy called 'Martin.' From there I went on to become the most notable black comic on 'Saturday Night Live' since Eddie Murphy.

Alice Waters

We make decisions every day about what we're going to eat. And some people want to buy Nike shoes - two pairs, and other people want to eat Bronx grapes and nourish themselves. I pay a little extra, but this is what I want to do.

Fernando Ferrer

This team has made us all proud, ... On the field and off the field, they represented the Bronx and New York City well.

Carli Smith

Our thought is that it came in from Westchester County and then came south through the Bronx before getting to the park.

David Dietze

The shareholders are giving this a huge Bronx cheer.

Mark Daly

A site near the Bronx Psychiatric Center is under consideration, but no decisions have been made. We don't comment on real estate transactions until they're done.

Wesley Snipes

I grew up in the Bronx. The Bronx teaches you to survive. It's like, 'Bring it on!'

Thorstein Veblen

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.

Gloria Gaither

I grew up in a literary home and majored in French, English, and sociology. They all have served me well over the years.

Chino Moreno

I grew up in the eighties; that's probably why I like some of the earlier electronic from Kraftwerk to all throughout new wave and things like that.

Chino Moreno

I grew up listening to so much different pop and stuff other than just aggressive music.

Eve Ensler

I was born in Manhattan and grew up in Scarsdale. Scarsdale didn't work for me as a place at all.

Chelsea Clinton

I'm really grateful I grew up in a house in which media literacy was a survival skill.

Bill Hader

I grew up with my two sisters and my mom, so it's my lot in life to be surrounded by women.

Bill Bryson

I'm definitely an American, because I grew up here. But I've lived very happily in Britain.

Troy Clarke

(The Asia/Pacific) market grew at about 6.5% year over year, and our sales grew about 20%.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

I grew up overnight on that day, Dec. 27, 2007.

Brian McKnight

I grew up in a time where anything was possible.

Ann Kirkpatrick

I grew up learning to do more with less.

Dan Fogler

I love theater. I grew up doing theater.

Julia Stiles

I pretty much grew up in public.

Jim Gaffigan

I grew up in Sheepshead Bay.

Matthew Perry

I loved playing Chandler. I grew up playing that part.

Morgan Freeman

I like the blues a lot. I grew up on it.

Julie Gonzalo

I grew up Spanish, so I grew up watching a lot of novellas.