I think Amsterdam is to Holland what New York is to America in a sense. It's a metropolis, so it's representative of Holland, but only a part of it - you know, it's more extreme, there's more happening, it's more liberal and more daring than the countryside in Holland is.

- Anton Corbijn

I am a village boy, and Amsterdam for me was always the big town.

- Anton Corbijn

Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam.

- Diane von Furstenberg

But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script.

- Dick Van Dyke

Historic Amsterdam, that old part you first see when you turn up at Centraal Station, may have its monuments, but it's also the most tawdry and overcrowded part of the city.

- David Hewson

In Europe, I always have fun bike riding in Amsterdam.

- Ezra Koenig

I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly.

- Ike Barinholtz

Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist.

- Julie Burchill

I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch.

- Jackie Collins

I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam.

- Linda Cardellini