Baltimore Quotes · Page 5

As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland.

— Nancy Pelosi

I wanted to show Baltimore that they were getting a good ballplayer.

— Frank Robinson

I already said it when I got drafted: I wanted to bring a Super Bowl to Baltimore.

— Lamar Jackson

Atlanta has accepted me with open arms. Baltimore is always my first home but being able to come here is special.

— Gervonta Davis

I had an opportunity with Baltimore to make it to the World Series, and that didn't happen.

— Bobby Bonilla

I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.

— Wendell Pierce

The Baltimore boys only defend themselves when playing against teams that treat us mean, especially that bunch from Cincinnati.

— Joe Kelley

I live in San Francisco, I live in Provincetown. They're all the same, apart from Baltimore. Baltimore's the only cheap place left.

— John Waters

I have to say I love Dempsey's Brew Pub & Restaurant. It's gorgeous with that Camden Yard brick surrounding it, and it…

— Johnathon Schaech

The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes…

— John Moody

Both 'The Wire' and 'Queer as Folk' had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling ambitious stories about two cities, Baltimore and…

— Aidan Gillen

I've been treated there (Camden Yards in Baltimore) just like everywhere else: you got everyone booing for you. I take that as…

— Albert Belle

Got a wife and kid in Baltimore Jack, I went out for a ride and I never went back. Like a river…

— Bruce Springsteen

I moved out to L.A. in July and Hot L Baltimore started in September or October. So I had done a few…

— Richard Masur

I would never want to live anywhere but Baltimore. You can look far and wide, but you'll never discover a stranger city…

— John Waters

I grew up in Baltimore and that's why I root for the Orioles. I'm very suspicious of people who move and take…

— Frank Deford

People are proud to be from Baltimore. In any industry you work in, you need support to survive. And this city has…

— Derek Waters

My first few years as TV critic, I would go to parties and people (usually older Posties or ex-Posties who seemed to…

— Hank Stuever

[My father] came over as an immigrant and didn't know any English. He went to work at a sweat shop in Baltimore.…

— Noam Chomsky

A carriage will start from Washington in the morning, the passengers will breakfast at Baltimore, dine at Philadelphia, and sup in New…

— Oliver Evans

The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than…

— Oscar Wilde

The first thing we should be concerned about the BLM movement should be the issues that the Black Lives Matter movement is…

— Cory Booker

Baltimore's often called the most northern Southern town. It has a distinct essence. It's definitely post-industrial, definitely Rust Belt, very working-class. I…

— David Simon

So much happened (in 1968) it was hard to keep up with everything. We had Denny McLain's thirty-one victories, Gates Brown's great…

— Ernie Harwell

I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.

— Barbara Mikulski

Baltimore obviously has a lot of problems, but there are people there that have a lot of promise.

— Malik Yoba

Seems like the chips are stacked against us in every inner city in America, especially Baltimore.

— Sisqo

I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.

— Josh Charles

I grew to love Baltimore during my three years there. I'm grateful to the people who allowed us to tell the stories…

— Jamie Hector

I'm a Baltimore Ravens fan and I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan. I have them tattooed on me.

— Carmelo Anthony

For 'The Wire,' I was in a courtyard or row houses, and there's no place like Baltimore for that.

— Jamie Hector

I did not dedicate my life to making Baltimore a safer and more just place because it was easy.

— Martin O'Malley

When I was finally able to wrestle in Baltimore, it was huge for me.

— Rich Swann

I used to go to Baltimore every single year with my family. I used to say, 'Are we there yet?' for the…

— Rev. Run

Memphis is just like any other city. I'm pretty sure it's like the streets of Baltimore, with your hoods and traps.

— Yo Gotti

My perfect day in Baltimore begins with getting my five newspapers. Then I would write.

— John Waters

A lot of people in Baltimore aren't big fans of 'The Wire,' but I think it's great TV and great journalism.

— Wes Moore

In every city, I had my favorite place. In Baltimore, it was Sabatino's.

— Bruno Sammartino

I don't think any other place puts out music with no promise of success and still works like Baltimore.

— JPEGMAFIA

To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates