Paul Merton
Comedian, Actor
"On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn't, he said: Do you mind if I mug you here?"
Central Park quotes
Central Park
34 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Herbie Mann
Jazz Musician
"I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar."
Barack Obama
Politician
"I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that."
Diana Ross
Singer
"It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park."
Edward Abbey
Author, Environmentalist
"I would give ten years off the beginning of my life to see, only once, Tyrannosaurus rex come rearing up from the elms of Central Park, a Morgan police horse screaming in its jaws. We can never have enough of nature."
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