Coney Island Quotes: top 29 famous quotes about Coney Island

Coney Island Quotes & Sayings

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Blink at the sunned scratch
and stumble into silence
pg. 55// A Coney Island of the Mind — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Heaven: the Coney Island of the Christian imagination. — Elbert Hubbard

Her eyes downcast all the while/ and singing to herself
pg. 18// A Coney Island of the Mind — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I have dreamt that all my teeth fell out but my tongue lived to tell the tale
pg. 65// A Coney Island of the Mind — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

And I am waiting/ for Alice in Wonderland/ to retransmit to me/ her total dream of innocence
pg. 52// A Coney Island of the Mind — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Time is an illusion, timing is an art. — Stefan Emunds

Watching the world walk by
in its curious shoes
pg. 61// A Coney Island of the Mind — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I'm taking a vow not to advise. — Barbara Bush

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated. — Spike Lee

You and me could really exist
pg. 22// // A Coney Island of the Mind — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it. — Harold Feinstein

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island. — Thornton Wilder

The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul. — Alexander Pope

I flew too near the sun
and my wax wings fell off
pg. 62// A Coney Island of the Mind — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

...here on Coney Island, we learn to take each other as we are. — H.P. Wood

And balancing on eye beams/ above a sea of faces/ paces his way/ to the other side of day
pg. 30// // A Coney Island of the Mind — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I was born in Coney Island. I like to think I fell out of the womb onto the fun park's giant Parachute Jump while eating a Nathan's hot dog. — Harold Feinstein

I took my son to Coney island, I said "wanna go in the crazy house?", he said "save your money we'll be home soon"! — Rodney Dangerfield

Yes, I was born in Coney Island. The Holy Land. — Arlo Guthrie

I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was fascinated. I guess that's how it started. — David Blaine

I came from a poor family in Coney Island. I learned to write by reading the 'Post.' This was my education. — Jerry Della Femina

Coney Island is and always will be 'the people's playground.' It's a place where people of all backgrounds come to have a good time. — Harold Feinstein

At Juilliard, I couldn't afford to have fun. I went to school and stayed home. — Anthony Mackie

Think: who has vans, huh? Soccer moms and serial killers. — Libba Bray

A king's crumb is worth more than a lord's loaf." 'This — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Beauty stands and waits
with gravity
to start her death-defying leap — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I have gotten so used to melancholia that I greet it like an old friend. — Charles Bukowski

Is where I first/ fell in love/ with unreality
pg. 35// A Coney Island of the Mind — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

And heard the green birds singing/ from the other side of silence
pg. 36// A Coney Island of the Mind — Lawrence Ferlinghetti