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Neighborhood Quotes

The blocks that shaped us.

These neighborhood quotes recall tough upbringings, shared schools, and small local claims to fame that shape someone's early sense of identity. They show how much a childhood block can influence a person's later life.

My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.

Quotes by Ada Yonath

I came from a tough neighborhood. I used to be a 'dirty Greek.'

Quotes by Telly Savalas

I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.

Quotes by Steven Seagal

But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.

Quotes by Ruben Blades

Belonging Quotes

Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren't apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary.

Quotes by Ruby Dee

I wanted to be that cranky old guy that stands on his porch and yells at the neighborhood kids.

Quotes by Robert Lansing

I used to live in the Bronx, then I lived uptown on 106th St. and Broadway, and finally I moved to Harlem right before it became gentrified. I lived on 120th St. between Fifth and Lenox Aves. in a little...

Quotes by Regina Hall

You come to know the aches and vanities and tastes and intrigues of an entire neighborhood at a drug store.

Quotes by Paul Engle

You had to be tough to survive in my neighborhood.

Quotes by Patty Smyth

Community Quotes

Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.

Quotes by Pat Brown

Jack Kennedy was one year older than I was, and we attended the same neighborhood school.

Quotes by Mike Wallace

The refurbishing and rebuilding of Fenway Park since 2001 has created a new urban neighborhood in Boston.

Quotes by Mike Barnicle

I made tons of stop motion films with my friends in my neighborhood.

Quotes by Michael Giacchino

I saw all those great '70s films when I was 9, and no one in my Brooklyn neighborhood cared if a kid watched an R movie.

Quotes by Michael De Luca

Emotion Quotes

When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino!

Quotes by Meagan Good

As a post-Holocaust kid, growing up in a neighborhood with a lot of Jewish refugees, I had got the idea there were no Jews left in Europe. But I found in my European wanderings that many of them had gone...

Quotes by Mark Kurlansky

We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood.

Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

I feel like I made it already, because I got already what everybody on the corners of the neighborhood I grew up in is striving to get.

Quotes by Lloyd Banks

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama don't go to Georgetown... The Clintons did, indeed. And the Clintons go out and about in Washington now. They go to neighborhood restaurants.

Quotes by Kitty Kelley

Identity Quotes

Well, I grew up in a tough neighborhood.

Quotes by Kent McCord

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up in these neighborhood quotes?
They cover tough or humble upbringings, shared childhood schools, small-scale local fame, and how neighborhoods physically change and get rebuilt over time.
Is there a quote about a well-known historical figure's neighborhood?
Yes, one line recalls attending the same neighborhood school as a young future president, showing how ordinary places sometimes brush against notable history.
Do any quotes mention childhood achievements within a neighborhood?
One quote humorously recalls being among a small handful of girls locally known for a specific skill, calling it a modest claim to neighborhood fame.
Do the quotes talk about neighborhoods changing over time?
Yes, one line describes how rebuilding a historic ballpark helped create a freshly developed neighborhood in its surrounding area.
Where can I find more quotes about identity and community?
Visit our community quotes and identity quotes pages for related themes.

Some lines trace how a neighborhood physically changes over time, like urban rebuilding creating new spaces for community and belonging to grow.