The waterfront without the Ferry Tower would be like a birthday cake without a candle.

It is better to have loved and lost, but only if you have a good attorney.

The clock doesn't matter in baseball. Time stands still or moves backwards. Theoretically, one game could go on forever. Some seem to.

Martinis are like breasts, one isn't enough, and three is too many.

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

The world of Manhattan is small and tightly knit, and the man on top retains a certain humility. He knows how far and fast he can fall by looking at the guy across the street. The view from the $250,000 apartment covers a lot of ground, most of it condemned.

A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.