Jersey Quotations

When I was growing up, we had a bungalow in New Jersey which we visited in the summers. Everybody in that small community was named Feldman and was either an aunt or cousin of mine. I just found it comfortable to use the name Feldman.

Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch.

My family moved from California to New Jersey in the beginning of my sophomore year of high school. I will never forget the first day in a new school, walking into the cafeteria during lunch and not knowing a single soul. I didn't feel confident enough to share a seat at just anyone's table.

I hope it will be set in California. In a way, I made a mistake, because a New Jersey policeman can't operate that way in New York. But in California, he can move between different counties.

I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Madrid, Spain. Then I moved to New Jersey.

My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.

If you've ever noticed, beauty pageants are a lot like county fairs. The farmers show the cows the same way. They walk their prized Jersey cow across a stage in front of an audience with judges, and maybe the cow even twirls around a couple of times. Then the winning cow gets a satin ribbon draped over it, which has the title and the year on it.

I lived in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for about 10 years, and then we moved out to Jersey City after my wife and I bought a house up in the Catskills. I miss Brooklyn, but the commute to the Catskills is about 45 minutes shorter.

I remember, growing up, if something big - God forbid - happened, the first jokes you heard on the subject came out of Jersey.

I do feel we can create more jobs and opportunities for Jersey City residents, but in the spirit of free enterprise, I do not think it is right to force companies to hire a fixed percentage of local residents.

If you look at old football pictures, the jerseys were hanging, the sleeves were dangling, but now everything is tucked and tailored.

Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.

We are keeping New Jersey one step, several steps, ahead of terrorism.

My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.

When I voted against the cap-and-trade bill, the phone rang and it was the chief of staff of the president of the United States of America, Rahm Emanuel, and he started swearing at me in terms and words that I hadn't heard since that crossing the line ceremony on the USS New Jersey in 1983.

I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!

My dad is quite possibly the biggest Giants fan in the world. I believe he wore a Phil Simms jersey to my high school and college graduations.

I wear whatever makes me comfortable on stage, so that I feel confident. Some days it's a plaid skirt with a button-up and other days it's jeans with a hockey jersey and platforms.

There's a directness and a feistiness to being from Jersey.

I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.

I am obsessed with trash TV. I watch all reality shows. I watch all the 'Housewives.' I am a huge fan of 'New Jersey.'

I worked at a hot dog place, a bagel place, the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2,000 on my show the previous night and I'm going to go shopping during my five-hour shift.

I want the people of New Jersey to jump off a cliff like Kurt Vonnegut so I can show them how to fly. This way, nobody needs to grow any wings, which would be impossible anyway because we're humans and not some kind of bird.

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

I have a Dominique Wilkins Hawks jersey that I still wear. That's probably my favorite one. What's funny is that I spend all this time collecting jerseys, and now people are out there collecting mine.

If Tim Duncan had Knicks on his jersey, he'd be a god.

Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey.

I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too

As I climbed the electoral ladder - from state assemblyman to mayor of Woodbridge and finally to governor of New Jersey - political compromises came easy to me because I'd learned how to keep a part of myself innocent of them.

I'd seen so many people become stagnant in New Jersey - I had this fear I'd just stay there. They'd come out of high school, get a job, get married, have kids and die in Jersey. I wanted more.

The name on the front of the jersey is what really matters, not the name on the back.

I'm a partner in a company called Helicopter Services and Instruction out of New Jersey.

I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.

The results of a new study are out this week saying that New Jersey is one of the most livable states in the country. The study has a margin of error of 100 percent.

I feel like if you're in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan.

I also love horseback riding in New Jersey.

And then we moved to New Jersey and I went to the Art Students League.

I'm from the dirty depths of New Jersey.

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

My boyfriend is Italian and from New Jersey, so naturally he was thrilled to meet Joe Pesci.

I was raised in rural south Jersey, and there was no culture there. There was a small library, and that was it. There was nothing else.

I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out an jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week.

One day, when I was still living at home, a friend told 'Texas' Jean Valli about me. She was originally from Syracuse, N.Y., and lived in New Jersey but sang country. One night, she had me come up on stage where she was performing. I sang 'My Mother's Eyes,' and she was knocked out.

I took the LSAT the day 'Jersey Shore' premiered, and after that I was too busy to go to law school.

As a Christian, we can't stand on the sidelines with no team jersey or team colors to show our allegiance to Christ.

The only person I've had sex with on Jersey Shore is my boyfriend

I'm hanging out with my New York friends, my Jersey boys, my family and loving every single second of it.

My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave. The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn't frightening, it was more exhilarating.

Maybe the ones burning my jersey were never LeBron fans anyway.

I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey.

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs.

I think that Jersey Shore is awesome. I've gone to Cape May every summer of my life.

It's not that I'm universally loved. We know I'm not in New Jersey. But what they do say in New Jersey is, 'We like him, and we think he's telling us the truth.' I think we need to have that type of politics on the national level.

New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.

The people of New Jersey stepped up. They shared in the sacrifice. You know what else they did? They rewarded politicians who lead instead of politicians who pandered.

Anyone who's grown up or lived on the Jersey Shore knows the place is unique.

When I was about 8 or 9, I lived in New Jersey with my mother and we were seven deep in one bedroom and sometimes we didn't have electricity.

We're called New Jersey but we're actually the suburbs of New York.

I don't think, 'Gee, I'd like to dress this person.' There was a picture in Us magazine. It was a jersey dress, and Courtney Love was wearing it. I have this thing about Courtney Love, this funny worship.

I grew up in New Jersey and never went up the Statue of Liberty.

Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.

I did Jay Leno with Mike the Situation, and he just - he lives, like, ten minutes from me in Jersey. He's like, 'If you ever get a flat, call me. I'll come fix your tire.' That's how we do. That's neighborly, you know?

Chris Christie is New Jersey's concern, not America's.

My ability gets overlooked because he's a four-time state champ and I'm a three. I know I worked hard to be on the top of the podium with him. He's probably the best wrestler in New Jersey but I can't count myself out of that category.

One thing I'm sure, we're not going to beat the New Jersey Devils from the penalty box.

New York and New Jersey have some of the best systems in the country, people just don't know they exist. In particular, low and middle income people don't know where to look. These are some of the best kept secrets in town.

I was so focused on listening to coach that I didn't even think to put my jersey on.

I was scared at one point. There was one point where I was thinking about not even playing any more because if I go to Jersey City, I'm going to have to get a job.

I grew up in suburban New Jersey in a transitional area that was surrounded by farmland that wasn't being cultivated.

My grandfather left Cuba when Castro came into power and literally left everything. He had two suitcases and two kids and showed up in New Jersey and waited for my uncle to meet up with him. Imagine - there were no cell phones back then!

Let this definitive and final agreement leave no doubt that the New Jersey Devils will start the '07-'08 season at this world-class, state-of-the-art facility. This means the Devils are satisfied that the city of Newark will fulfill its obligations.

Let me tell you who I am: I'm a girl from New Jersey who moved to New York and worked in a bar while trying to make a living at what I really wanted to do, which was act.

Nerves are coming in now. Finding out your new zip code, what color jersey you'll be wearing. Just getting to know it's almost over is pretty good.

Maybe Bird will autograph a jersey for him.

Persons not yet immunized this season can still build immunity against the virus, since the flu season may continue into late February or early March. According to surveillance reports, flu activity in New Jersey has been steady but sporadic. Activity may increase in the future. We simply do not know at this time, but it is prudent to gain the protection that a flu shot can offer, especially for the elderly and those living with special health conditions.

Next thing I know, I look up and see the back of jersey heading to the end zone. I remember getting up and chasing the play, getting ready to celebrate.

New Jersey can breathe easier. This was the right thing to do. The health of the residents of New Jersey, especially those who are exposed to secondhand smoke in the workplace, will be better protected.

New Jersey families sent Congressman Scott Garrett to Washington to represent their values and compassion in Congress. Today, he has shown that he represents neither. Americans from every community in the country have selflessly donated millions of dollars to help those who so desperately need food, water and medical attention. When Congress had its chance to support the effort, Congressman Garrett opposed it.

New Jersey has developed over the last decade when it comes to D-I talent and is still on the rise. It is a notch below Pennsylvania, but getting closer. For any east coast team north of Georgia, New Jersey is a must on the recruiting trail.

New Jersey has stopped all executions. Four stays of execution have been granted on this issue in various states. The US supreme court has taken a case related to this issue.

New Jersey is a great place to be. It's a good market for us.

New Jersey is a unique state nationally when it comes to this issue. That became very clear with a governor's race in which candidates on both sides opposed an amendment to the state constitution that would limit marriage to a man and a woman.

New Jersey is being watchful and we could be gearing up to make the public aware of a potentially serious situation.

New Jersey is drowning in a sea of debt.

New Jersey is entitled to the full amount because we did diligently enforce our statute.

New Jersey is no dumping ground. The Delaware River is to be treasured and protected, not mistreated and ignored.

New Jersey is simply more vulnerable than most other states,

New Jersey is still an option. I'm not sitting here saying that at the end of the year if they offered me a deal I would turn it down, or not think about it. But right now, my main interest is helping this team the best way I can, to win basketball games.

New Jersey is the most poetic state: close enough to New York to be urban and cosmopolitan, far enough to be desirous and unsure; densely populated, but full of farms and woods, with the most deer of any state.

New Jersey is trying incrementally to bring gay couples into the same regime of benefits as heterosexual couples. But then the question for the court becomes, if you're willing to go that far, why don't you go all the way?

New Jersey is very big. There are different areas of New Jersey. There is North New Jersey. There is like the center. There are a lot of actors from New Jersey that don't speak with a New Jersey accent.

New Jersey legislature needs to represent the people that elected them to office. It is an insult to ask the taxpayers of New Jersey to tighten their belts year after year, while the pork barrel spending is rampant.

New Jersey must be a very disciplined team considering all the time we spent in their end zone.

New Jersey plays the same way we do. It's a team concept. Everybody touches the ball. The principles are the same.

New Jersey residents are loving our concerts more and more, but for Pennsylvanians, we're still an undiscovered gem across the river.

New Jersey stands ready to proceed with a seven-state agreement. This is going to go forward.

New Jersey stepped up when winning time came. They did a good job of picking their spots. I thought we got a little bit disjointed, a little bit distracted and we didn't have a clear head as a unit to get it done tonight.

New Orleans is our home, and we are committed to rebuilding that great city and playing there again. But at the same time, we feel that it's important to acknowledge the way Oklahoma has embraced this team. Wearing an Oklahoma City jersey is the biggest way we can say thank you for a very special season.

Right away, when he was a freshman, he had a different national jersey on at every practice. You could tell he just lived and breathed soccer.

If we keep his jersey clean, I see a guy who has MVP-type potential.