Quotes on the topic: Street


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I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street.


How do you stand out as a fashion ad campaign? By using people off the street; it does generate buzz.


I don't really know what it is about vampires that makes them such a powerful symbol, metaphor, whatever in people's consciousness. But I do know they're tremendously powerful. I mean, there's a vampire on 'Sesame Street.' And Count Chocula. I don't know why it's so powerful.


Hating Wall Street is an American tradition that dates back even to the days when Thomas Jefferson cursed that money lover Alexander Hamilton. And for centuries, the complaints about it have largely stayed the same: 'It does nothing! It creates chaos! It's a parasite that sucks hardworking Americans dry!'


With stand-up, I can have an idea, go down the street to a comedy club and work on it, flesh it out, book a venue, people will come, then film it. I do all that myself; I never have to answer to anybody.


I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.


Obesity is awesome from a Wall Street perspective. It's not just one disease - there are all sorts of related diseases to profit from.


I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I'm walking down the street.


I always like to see if the art across the street is better than mine.


Not a day goes by where I'm not reminded of Gollum by some person in the street who asks me to do his voice or wants to talk to me about him. But because 'The Hobbit' has been talked about as a project for many years, I knew that at some point I'd have to reengage with him.


With the derivatives market larger than ever, we need way more regulation of Wall Street, not less.


I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.


I don't think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street.


People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.


The police need to come down to street level.


At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.


I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched.


I've been in and out of Wall Street since 1949, and I've never seen the type of animosity between government and Wall Street. And I'm not sure where it comes from, but I suspect it's got to do with a general schism in this society which is really becoming ever more destructive.


My father sang well, and he was a handsome man. When he walked down the street, people sometimes mistook him for Cary Grant and asked for his autograph.


I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous.