Baltimore Quotes · Page 4

“Murder often doesn't unsettle a man. In Baltimore, it usually doesn't even ruin his day.”

— David Simon

When I was finally able to wrestle in Baltimore, it was huge for me.

— Rich Swann

I did not dedicate my life to making Baltimore a safer and more just place because it was easy.

— Martin O'Malley

I'm a Baltimore Ravens fan and I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan. I have them tattooed on me.

— Carmelo Anthony

For 'The Wire,' I was in a courtyard or row houses, and there's no place like Baltimore for that.

— Jamie Hector

Memphis is just like any other city. I'm pretty sure it's like the streets of Baltimore, with your hoods and traps.

— Yo Gotti

I used to go to Baltimore every single year with my family. I used to say, 'Are we there yet?' for the…

— Rev. Run

In every city, I had my favorite place. In Baltimore, it was Sabatino's.

— Bruno Sammartino

Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police…

— Al Sharpton

My music experience living in Baltimore was life-altering. To this day, there is no scene that works as hard or puts as…

— JPEGMAFIA

I'm a Baltimore guy. I've always loved Baltimore and always will love Baltimore, but baseball is baseball, and when you're playing on…

— Mark Teixeira

I remember that in Baltimore, where I grew up, we would drive by the radio station and tower of WBAL, and I…

— Ira Glass

Baltimore was like a small town when I got there - the Colts, the Orioles, guys like Frank Robinson, we all knew…

— Earl Monroe

My mom always wanted to go to Maryland to live there. Baltimore, actually. She had a best friend who lived there. She…

— Vonda Shepard

He's the leader on this team, I know when Baltimore let us have him, they thought they were giving us a problem.…

— George Steinbrenner

We need to review our policies as it applies to urban cities - You see, I'm losing either of them, but especially…

— Julie Roginsky

“Baltimore was Earth writ small, crowded and bored. Its citizens were caught between the dismal life of basic and the barriers of…

— James S.A. Corey

I have an absolutely unshakable faith in kids, grounded in the fact that I worked for three years in one of the…

— Michelle Rhee

I think people who are not from here think the Inner Harbor is the only center for culture or fun in the…

— DeRay Mckesson

I would have handled it differently than the mayor of Baltimore, that's for sure. I think it's a mistake to say, hey,…

— Rand Paul

When we look back at the last years of justice department, some of the most important work that will define its legacy…

— Al Sharpton

I decided that if nobody else was going to do anything to rectify this colossal inequity in taxation, I'd have to do…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I devoured hot-dogs in Baltimore 'way back in 1886, and they were then very far from newfangled...They contained precisely the same rubber,…

— H. L. Mencken

I might refer at once, if necessary, to a hundred well authenticated instances. One of very remarkable character, and of which the…

— Edgar Allan Poe

I don't think any other place puts out music with no promise of success and still works like Baltimore.

— JPEGMAFIA

To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

My perfect day in Baltimore begins with getting my five newspapers. Then I would write.

— John Waters

A lot of people in Baltimore aren't big fans of 'The Wire,' but I think it's great TV and great journalism.

— Wes Moore

I never had a job. My first job was quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens.

— Joe Flacco

“It was the freedom to experiment that made this experiment called Freedom possible.”

— Justin Sirois

When I left Baltimore, I told everyone, 'Next time you see me, I'm going to be a rock star.'

— Gina Schock

It was always a goal of mine to bring a world title fight back to my city of Baltimore.

— Gervonta Davis

As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland.

— Nancy Pelosi

I wanted to show Baltimore that they were getting a good ballplayer.

— Frank Robinson

I already said it when I got drafted: I wanted to bring a Super Bowl to Baltimore.

— Lamar Jackson

I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.

— Wendell Pierce

I had an opportunity with Baltimore to make it to the World Series, and that didn't happen.

— Bobby Bonilla

Atlanta has accepted me with open arms. Baltimore is always my first home but being able to come here is special.

— Gervonta Davis

The Baltimore boys only defend themselves when playing against teams that treat us mean, especially that bunch from Cincinnati.

— Joe Kelley

I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.

— Barbara Mikulski