Bronx Quotes

Unfortunately the spirit of the event, as it was originally conceived and as it has been presented to the appropriate civic groups and government officials since November 2004, seems to have been lost in the haste to stereotype all graffiti-style artists as 'vandals' and to brand this event as a 'promotion of crime,' ... At its core, this is an event designed to celebrate an art form born from the streets of New York over two decades ago as a means of creative self-expression, allowing the public a unique chance to experience the workmanship and skill that go into creating a piece of art fine enough to hang on the walls of any traditional gallery or museum. Upon completion, a 48-foot mural will be donated to The Point, a Bronx-based nonprofit youth development organization, while the remaining nine will be placed throughout the city for public display. - Marc Ecko

Twenty years ago, Jimmy Carter proclaimed the South Bronx the worst slum in America... Twenty years later, Bill Clinton comes to proclaim a miracle in the South Bronx. - Fernando Ferrer

Trying to help the people of the Bronx reach their full potential. ... I saw the progress made here on these streets, through his leadership. - Fernando Ferrer

To win the championship you have to go through Brooklyn or the Bronx. I've been coaching 37 years and only eight times has a team outside of those boroughs won. - Chuck Granby

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

This project will create thousands of jobs, new and improved parklands and benefits and opportunities for the residents of the Bronx, the City of New York and visitors alike. - Randy Levine

This project is going to be a landmark project, by far the largest private investment in the Bronx. - Randy Levine

This music is like the original hip-hop from the Bronx before it was commercialized. I think their music has a future. - Mayida Zaal

This is a great day. There's more work to be done, but it shows that people all over the city, especially in the Bronx, believe in this project, believe in the new jobs it will create, the new opportunities it will create and hopefully when we get into the building, we can win a few more World Series. - Randy Levine

They claimed that there were 6.2 million in Poland before the war, and they claimed after the war there were 200,000 - therefore he must have killed 6 million of them. They simply got up and left! They were all over the Bronx and Brooklyn and Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles. - Hutton Gibson