Philadelphia Quotes · Page 5

My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a working man, a…

— Ice T

I have a lot of confidence in myself and Philadelphia has a lot of confidence in me.

— Michael Carter-Williams

At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.

— Ryne Sandberg

New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been.

— Ethel Waters

I moved from Philadelphia to California when I was 25, after traveling abroad for a year. I thought I'd come home eventually…

— Kelly Corrigan

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from…

— John Sergeant Wise

Philadelphia is the only city, where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next…

— Mike Schmidt

I have the Puerto Rico power and the Philadelphia toughness and Philadelphia skills.

— Danny Garcia

I love Philadelphia. I was shocked at what a great city this is. For me, it is the cat's pajamas. I love…

— George Dzundza

I was born in a suburb outside of Philadelphia called Lower Merion. After taking many leaves of absence, I just received my…

— Gideon Glick

I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon…

— David Lynch

At his Philadelphia alma mater, Temple University, Cosby gave commencement addresses and attended games. He served on the university's board of trustees…

— Chaka Fattah

What's the difference in opening from scratch in Philly or opening from scratch in New York? The old out-of-town tryout circuit -…

— Patti LuPone

...I discovered that I could take a risk and survive. I could march in Philadelphia. I could go out in the street…

— Martha Shelley

I think that I identify with Philadelphia for a lot of reasons. Without even thinking about it, I called myself 'Philly's Constant…

— Kurt Vile

President [Barack] Obama did put together a task force on 21st Century Policing, led by Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey, to look…

— Julianne Malveaux

Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic…

— Martina Navratilova

“It is at least as possible for a Philadelphian to feel the presence of Penn and Franklin as for an Englishman to…

— G.K. Chesterton

Every answer he [President John Adams] gives to his addressers unmasks more and more his principles and views. His language to the…

— James Madison

Donald Trump in Philadelphia, and he's delivering a very substantive speech on military preparedness, the status of the current military. He detailed…

— Rush Limbaugh

No matter whether one is flying over Newfoundland or the sea of lights that stretches from Boston to Philadelphia after nightfall, over…

— Anonymous

If all those magnificent cathedrals with their valuable lands in Boston, Philadelphia and New York were taxed as they should be, the…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What is Camille Paglia doing, writing that an actress as gifted as Anne Heche has the mental depth of a pancake? How…

— Clive James

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

— Oscar Wilde

I'm a Buffalo wing magnet, a sandwich fanatic, a cheesesteak guy. But I'll only get a cheesesteak in Philadelphia. No one else…

— Kevin Hart

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a house of artistic and intellectual prostitution

— Albert C. Barnes

When I came to Philadelphia in the late '80s, it was going through a very difficult time.

— Tamron Hall

I loved my time in Philadelphia. I loved the fanbase, the people, and they will tell you the same thing.

— Nick Foles

Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

— Michael Nutter

Training and working in Philadelphia is a very unusual situation because that city does believe that Rocky is real. No one calls…

— Sylvester Stallone

If the Philadelphia Eagles weren't on, I wasn't interested. Unless I had a chance to watch Randy Moss.

— Cordarrelle Patterson

Fascists, Antifa attacked me, and an all-black police force in Philadelphia, and they claim to be fighting racism.

— Candace Owens

When I was a child, I was living in the housing projects of Philadelphia. I didn't even have a Christmas tree.

— Bill Cosby

I'd love to play for the Philadelphia Eagles. I'm a South Jersey kid, and I was very excited when the Phillies won…

— Myron Rolle

The Philadelphia Feds manufacturers report for September revealed that despite a sharp slowdown, its prices paid index surged 257 points.

— Peter Schiff

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

— Kate DiCamillo

I hear my voice and I cringe, I kind of hear Philadelphia in there, my hometown.

— Michael Buffer

My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet,…

— Ice T

Philadelphia fans would boo funerals, an Easter egg hunt, a parade of armless war vets and the Liberty Bell.

— Bo Belinsky

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

— Oscar Robertson