Illinois Quotes · Page 2

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.

— Dick Van Dyke

Illinois is becoming more diverse, more tolerant, and even more green.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains.

— John Shimkus

My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.

— Laurie Metcalf

There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.

— Scott Walker

We're in the middle of nowhere Illinois! And here comes hot girls!

— Joe Jonas

Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a…

— Adam Kinzinger

Here I am, a Palestinian Arab who only knows how to write in Hebrew, stuck in central Illinois.

— Sayed Kashua

Seventy-five years ago I was born in Tampico, Illinois, in a little flat above the bank building. We didn't have any other…

— Ronald Reagan

Rauner needs to tell Illinoisans what essential health benefits he intends to keep covering in Illinois.

— J. B. Pritzker

If yelling and threatening, intimidating and chanting solved problems, Illinois wouldn't have any problems. We're good at that stuff.

— Bruce Rauner

I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders.

— Tom Morello

I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.

— Natasha Leggero

I hear you have abolitionists here. We have a few in Illinois, but we shot one the other day.

— Abraham Lincoln

Although the only way that I'm well known at Illinois State is that I am the "grammar Nazi." And so any student…

— David Foster Wallace

My uncles, who are farmers in Minooka, Illinois - I grew up with them and their pickup trucks and mustaches, and to…

— Nick Offerman

I love the Midwest. I think about it every day. I wonder if I would rather have a little farm in the…

— Joe Lando

But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I…

— John Shimkus

The comedy for the Democrats is that they're showing off too much. They need to be putting a boring white guy out…

— Tina Fey

Personally, I'm incredibly lucky to represent the 10th district of Illinois, which stretches from the edges of Cook county all the way…

— Brad Schneider

It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found…

— Jan Schakowsky

Five states - Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and North Carolina - have been identified by the EPA as contributing significantly to…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

A citizen at his home in Rockford, Illinois, or Boulder, Colorado, could read a newspaper, listen to a radio, or watch the…

— Jeff Greenfield

I cannot speak so confidently about the fighting qualities of the Eastern men, or what are called Yankees - not knowing myself…

— Abraham Lincoln

Well apparently nothing as of December 13, 1978. There was 20 trained police officers came to the house, with a warrant..searched the…

— John Wayne Gacy

Vermont is such a small state, and the most money that's ever been spent in the history of political campaigns there is…

— Bernie Sanders

We have to stand up for these issues when it's tough, and that's what I've done. I did it when I was…

— Barack Obama

Marg Helgenberger and I were waitresses in the same restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. I'm happy to say that that restaurant has since…

— Virginia Madsen

Like most other states, Illinois has little regulation of the economic interests of legislators and relies on public disclosure to keep the…

— Bill Dedman

Growing up as a kid, we moved all over the country on a fairly frequent basis, from New Jersey to Texas, California,…

— J. Michael Straczynski

National legislation will prevent other states' flawed concealed-weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents,

— Barack Obama

Illinois and Chicago have shown they can compete on the world stage, and we will continue to answer the challenge.

— Mike Quigley

I began acting on stage when I was 7 years old. My first role was as Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz'…

— Marlee Matlin

Train service is particularly vital for the students and employees of Southern Illinois University.

— Jerry Costello

When I'm governor, we're not going to be silent like Bruce Rauner. Illinois will be a firewall against Donald Trump's destructive and…

— J. B. Pritzker

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent…

— Nick Offerman

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.

— Carol Moseley Braun

Illinois has the opportunity to lead the country in providing more affordable health care options to its citizens.

— J. B. Pritzker

The fact is that politics in Illinois is a blood sport. It's really rough. It's really nasty.

— Bruce Rauner

Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an…

— Ron Fournier