Seattle Quotes · Page 5

Whenever I'd get in trouble, my mom would send me to Seattle, and when I would get in trouble there, I'd get…

— Lil Tracy

My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.

— Rainn Wilson

I saw the Clash in '79 at the Paramount in Seattle, and it changed my whole life.

— Duff McKagan

Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest.

— Dimebag Darrell

I think I've seen 'Sleepless in Seattle' like 40 times... I've seen 'Harold and Maude' like 50 times probably.

— Alison Sudol

I've been everywhere. I've been to New Jersey, New York, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Portland, Seattle.

— Luka Doncic

We have a lot of people in Seattle, but we also have a lot of people in Bellevue and it is where…

— Andy Jassy

We've got clouds and rain, just like in Seattle .. but Sao Paulo is better.

— Eddie Vedder

I would love to be back in Seattle, but I know there's a business aspect behind it. But that organization knows I…

— Shaquill Griffin

In college, you always say you're looking for a home. I found my home in Seattle before I did in college. So…

— Shaquill Griffin

I grew up outside of Seattle and have lived here my whole life, and I think that there is a culture of…

— Carrie Brownstein

In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey…

— Jack Irons

I was living down in this awful little redneck town in Oregon, and everyone else was living in Seattle, so we rented…

— Isaac Brock

Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of…

— Chief Seattle

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also…

— Chief Seattle

Upwell is one of the most terrifyingly great bands I have ever known out of Seattle. Their musicianship and songwriting is monstrous...…

— Jack Endino

Switters was actually quite fond of Seattle's weather, and not merely because of it's ambivalence. He liked it's subtle, muted qualities and…

— Tom Robbins

I'm glad things are getting better, but I'm going to push and be pissed off until they're perfect. That will probably never…

— Perfume Genius

I've argued this with a lot of people in my life. When people say God blessed me with a beautiful jump shot,…

— Ray Allen

I went to Seattle as just another geek in the food chain, thinking, "Well, in my own puny little way, I'd rather…

— Jello Biafra

Whenever you see riot footage on TV - you know, someone throwing a brick in Pakistan or somebody throwing a fiery piece…

— Brian Posehn

“We will meet a color scientist at Pixar and a bookbinder in San Francisco. We’ll walk the streets of Seattle’s up-and-coming Pioneer…

— Enrico Moretti

I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're…

— Bill Belichick

I never thought I would be the oldest quarterback in the National Football League at one point, not in a million years.…

— Warren Moon

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

— David Cook

In some cities, McDonald's rules, but Seattle is ruled by teriyaki joints.

— Tom Douglas

“Living in Seattle is like being married to a beautiful woman who's sick all the time.”

— G.M. Ford

I love downtown Seattle. It's a city that has all of the outdoor activities and is still a very cosmopolitan city.

— Greg LeMond

I never felt bad about being lumped in with other Seattle bands. I thought it was great.

— Chris Cornell

We still have our home in Seattle. The kids are there. The grandkids are there.

— Mike Holmgren

I think I owe it to the people of Seattle, and myself, to retire as a Mariner.

— Ken Griffey Jr

My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.

— David Guterson

I needed to get out of Seattle. I had to just come into my own world, my own zone, and really appreciate…

— Leah LaBelle

Seattle was hardly a tech magnet before Amazon, Microsoft, and then a host of once-fledgling technology firms set up operations there.

— James B. Stewart

I don't know when, or how, but I feel it: Basketball will come back to Seattle.

— Shawn Kemp

In Seattle you haven't had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it's running.

— Jeff Bezos

Unfortunately Seattle is my muse, for the better or worse of Seattle - I'm not sure.

— Maria Semple

Of course Seattle loves soccer. You can see from the men's Seattle Sounders team.

— Hope Solo

Sure enough, my mom and dad are from different cities north of Seattle and they had met through my mom's cousin.

— T. J. Oshie

All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.

— Chief Seattle