Quotes tagged ‘Harlem’

“Thank God for the rain which has helped wash away the garbage and trash off the sidewalks. I'm workin' long hours now, six in the afternoon to six in the morning. Sometimes even eight in the morning, six days a week. Sometimes seven days a week. It's a long hustle but it keeps me real busy. I can ta…”

— Paul Schrader, Travis Bickle, Robert De Niro, imdb.com

“All the animals come out at night—whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take 'em to Harlem. I don't care. Don't make no difference to…”

— Paul Schrader, Travis Bickle, Robert De Niro, imdb.com

“[Sunday dinner at the Corleone home... ] Sonny: Niggers havin' a real good time up in Harlem... Carlo Rizzi: I knew that was going to happen as soon as they tasted the big money. Connie: Papa never talked about business in front of the kids. Carlo Rizzi: Shut up, Connie. Sonny: Hey, don't you EVER t…”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Carlo Rizzi, Gianni Russo, imdb.com

“Harlem's gonna need a king. I'm glad it's you.”

— Cheo Hodari Coker, Mariah Dillard, Alfre Woodard, imdb.com

“Harlem doesn't need a hero; it needs a queen.”

— Cheo Hodari Coker, Alfre Woodard, Mariah Dillard, Alfre Woodard, imdb.com

“I believe in Harlem. You know, my Harlem is saturated with jazz and good food and the pure genius that permeates the streets. Harlem is rising like a phoenix out of the ashes. I mean, that's what all of my various complexes are about, it's restoring that luster.”

— Nathan Louis Jackson, Mariah Dillard, Alfre Woodard, imdb.com

“Many Negroes see mass violence coming. Having lived in a society in which church, school, and home problems have been handled in a violent way, the majority at this point are unable to conceive of a solution by reconciliation and nonviolence. I have seen schoolboys in Arkansas laying away rusty guns…”

— Bayard Rustin, explorepahistory.com

“I gotta close the window before I record Cause New York don't know how to be quiet”

— A$AP Ferg, open.spotify.com

“Still ridin' around foreign cars smokin' gas”

— Jim Jones, open.spotify.com