Chicago Quotes · Page 10

You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz.

— Ahmet Ertegun

Some things shoot in Chicago, but even those things that shoot there still cast their bigger roles in L.A. or New York.

— KiKi Layne

We should do 'Takeaway' from Chicago or Philadelphia. We'd have great fun with it.

— Declan Donnelly

I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.

— Gary Cole

I remember somebody came in with Chicago Transit Authority, and we listened to it one time.

— Butch Trucks

Gigantic, willful, young, Chicago sitteth at the northwest gates.

— William Vaughn Moody

Racism is a sin and has no place in the church, including the Archdiocese of Chicago.

— Blase J. Cupich

There's no other place that exemplifies a fanatic as much as Chicago. I feel like sports fans have bred out of Chicago.

— Paul Scheer

I think I did a pretty good job in Chicago where there was a very specific kind of crowd who came to…

— Sarah Sherman

I love Chicago. I wouldn't be where I am now, and I certainly wouldn't have the confidence that I hope that I…

— Tamron Hall

I love going back to cities where I had a strong fan base - like San Antonio, Minneapolis - those were really…

— Bret Hart

Chicago is seriously my favorite city in the country. People have roots here, which is nice. When you go to Los Angeles,…

— Bill Rancic

Not only are Puerto Ricans citizens by birth, but one would be hard-pressed to find a Puerto Rican without a sister in…

— Luis A. Ferre

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

We stayed on at the Institute [Chicago called the School of Design] because that was - I don't know, you start at…

— Warren MacKenzie

In a 50 mile radius around Chicago one can see the red aura of pain, agony, terror, anger from all the animals…

— Annie Besant

Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties,…

— Robert Plant

I moved to Chicago in the early 1990s and I studied improvisation there. I learned some rules that I try to apply…

— Amy Poehler

I was up for parts in 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Three's Company,' but other people got them. At the time I was very…

— Ann Reinking

“Today, Chicago, like London, sucks in the best talent from its interior in the Midwest, where the swing to Trump was strongest.…

— Edward Luce

In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful. ... With the…

— Anthony Bourdain

Whenever I got a shot, the team that selected me, I just promised myself that I would give them something that they…

— Devin Hester

I actually started working in Chicago while I was still a student; I did the Chicago premiere of 'The History Boys' at…

— Alex Weisman

I remember when I was in Chicago and data started coming out that when black folks walk into an auto dealership, and…

— Barack Obama

I got my SAG card doing a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial in Chicago.

— Timothy Simons

I just want to paint that picture of Chicago that everybody's missing, and I just want to rap about it.

— Lil Durk

“The first thing you lose when you die is your motor skills.”

— John H. Matthews

Six bucks and my right nut says we're not landing in Chicago.

— John Candy

It's one of the most progressive cities in the world. Shooting is only a sideline.

— Will Rogers

“Why a person who is living in Chicago can’t be buried in New York?”

— OyoKids Publications

I ain't expect it. I just expected to be Chicago famous - 'hood famous. I ain't expect to be outside-of-Chicago famous.

— Lil Durk

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

— Lincoln Steffens

It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the…

— Bailey Chase

Thanks to my mother's sacrifices, I was able to attend one of the best schools in Chicago.

— Ayanna Pressley

San Antonio drives me crazy, but Chicago drives me crazy in a different way.

— Sandra Cisneros

I remember Chicago well. That's where I started in radio in 1930 and it snowed a lot that year, too.

— Gene Autry

The Chicago Cubs are like Rush Street-a lot of singles, but no action.

— Joe Garagiola

I know what it was like to grow up in Chicago and see the same problems every day.

— Jabari Parker

My uncle was a cop, a career cop, on the beat in downtown Chicago. He was my hero when I was growing…

— Mike Pence

My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student.

— James Cronin