Chicago Quotes · Page 19

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

— Joe Garagiola

I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.

— Gary Oldman

I don't think anybody feels safe in Chicago. Bullets ain't got no name on them.

— Lil Durk

It felt amazing to walk out and hear the energy of the crowd here in Chicago.

— Charles Oliveira

And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets.

— Sun Ra

The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.

— Vernon Jordan

I have a boyfriend that is in Chicago and I love him to death also he loves me to

— Sokhom Du

In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.

— Luther Allison

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

— Dave Barry

“Chicago is not the most corrupt of cities. The state of New Jersey has a couple. Need we mention Nevada? Chicago, though,…

— Studs Terkel

I don't want to say this in a lame way, but D. Rose is one of my heroes. His whole story and…

— Chance The Rapper

In 1993, I retired from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to devote myself full time to Buddhist studies and to the practice…

— Joseph Jarman

When I first started out, being from the South and going to New York or Chicago, people kept telling me to get…

— Jeff Foxworthy

Fans love Sosa for his exuberance, for the kisses he blows to his mother, wife and four children. He is Slammin' Sammy,…

— Bill Dedman

My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. I got what little educational foundation I got in the third-floor reading room, under…

— David Mamet

I grew up in Evanston and lived in Chicago for a long time, in Old Town and Wrigleyville. I did three films…

— John Cusack

If you want to talk about EDM, let’s talk about Detroit underground music, Chicago house and let’s talk about all the things…

— Goldie

Some economists became obsessed with market efficiency and others with market failure. Generally held to be members of opposite schools-freshwater and saltwater,…

— George Gilder

Jamie Moyer was in his third year as a major league pitcher and was, by his own admission, still wide-eyed, watching everything…

— Don Yaeger

“Big-shot town, small-shot town, jet-propelled old-fashioned town, by old-world hands with new-world tools built into a place whose heartbeat carries farther than…

— Nelson Algren

I started skating at age 2 on roller skates on the South Side of Chicago, where I grew up. By age 4,…

— Shani Davis

I grew up on the south side of Chicago in a working class community. There were no miracles in my life, there's…

— Michelle Obama

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America. It was not until I had seen…

— Oscar Wilde

We started very slow in America. It was small acoustic shows. We played places like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago and…

— Emeli Sande

I've arranged with my executor to be buried in Chicago. Because when I die, I want to still remain active politically.

— Mort Sahl

I grew up in the Chicago Club of the Deaf. The Santa Claus I knew was a deaf Santa.

— Paul Raci

I did see 'Les Miz' and I thought it was just incredible. Totally incredible. I love 'Chicago,' too.

— Jennifer Love Hewitt

I was perfectly satisfied with the West Side of Chicago when I was in knickerbockers. I hope it was with me.

— Charles Comiskey

I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.

— R. Kelly

I grew up in Chicago, and I understand what Michael Jordan symbolizes.

— Dwyane Wade

A European who goes to New York and Chicago sees the future... when he goes to Asia he sees the past.

— Bertrand Russell

I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often.

— Dave Eggers

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

— Mel Torme

I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government.

— Harold Washington

“Things are more like they are now...than they have EVER been before!”

— Uncle Arnie Mamath

I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.

— Amy Landecker

Music is so important. Because in Chicago it's up to us to tell the stories nobody else will.

— Polo G

Atlanta is definitely where it's at. I still go back to Chicago a lot though, I got family there.

— Lil Durk

If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible carnage going on I will send in the feds.

— Donald Trump

I think Chicago is the best city in the country, hands down, but I don't like the winter there anymore.

— Elizabeth Berg