Baltimore Quotes · Page 5

I live in San Francisco, I live in Provincetown. They're all the same, apart from Baltimore. Baltimore's the only cheap place left.

— John Waters

I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.

— Josh Charles

I grew to love Baltimore during my three years there. I'm grateful to the people who allowed us to tell the stories…

— Jamie Hector

Seems like the chips are stacked against us in every inner city in America, especially Baltimore.

— Sisqo

Baltimore obviously has a lot of problems, but there are people there that have a lot of promise.

— Malik Yoba

During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of…

— Jules Verne

I grew up on the streets of Baltimore, a city I love to this very day.

— Steve Clevenger

People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.

— Idris Elba

I always enjoyed playing around Washington, because we always have a good crowd. I've never had a bad crowd in this vicinity…

— Ralph Stanley

Quite apart from the Church's financial self-interest in getting me out of the way, Baltimore is an overwhelmingly Catholic city and like…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

My favorite characters are people who think they're normal but they're not. I live in Baltimore, and it's full of people like…

— John Waters

But I love Baltimore to death. That's my city. It's diverse and growing up there, it was just fun. Personally, I had…

— Rich Swann

Well I am from Annapolis Maryland. I went to High school in Baltimore, but I grew up in Annapolis. It was a…

— Christian Siriano

There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on…

— Al Sharpton

“John Updike, in that book you gave me, he said the dead make space. Do you know what I think? Updike doesn't…

— Laura Lippman

“Alex said. “This is Medina Station under occupation by a bunch of splinter Martian military expats. It’s not Baltimore.” Amos’ smile was…

— James S.A. Corey

The first thing we should be concerned about the BLM movement should be the issues that the Black Lives Matter movement is…

— Cory Booker

Baltimore's often called the most northern Southern town. It has a distinct essence. It's definitely post-industrial, definitely Rust Belt, very working-class. I…

— David Simon

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

— Oscar Wilde

You know why I love Chicago? Because this is just like Baltimore. Like, you can't go to Baltimore and be fake. They…

— Felicia Pearson

We've actually seen Black man murders [in] many a major city in the United States - New York City, St. Louis, Missouri,…

— Sterling K. Brown

So much happened (in 1968) it was hard to keep up with everything. We had Denny McLain's thirty-one victories, Gates Brown's great…

— Ernie Harwell

The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something…

— Jerry Leiber

I have lived in one house in Baltimore for nearly forty-five years. It has changed in that time, as I have -…

— H. L. Mencken

Baltimore is the community that emerges from the devoted and beautiful souls that come together to move her forward.

— Wes Moore

I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and my relationship with the piano has been going on for about 38 years.

— Cyrus Chestnut

I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.

— Joe Flacco

There's just more emotion and raw feeling in Baltimore music. It can't be copied.

— JPEGMAFIA

Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity.

— Frederick Douglass

Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.

— Laura Lippman

There were a lot of distractions in Baltimore, and I think they were a problem for me.

— Gervonta Davis

There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.

— H. L. Mencken

The question is always whether all of Baltimore will rise together or whether we will leave some behind.

— Elijah Cummings

I didn't run for mayor because everything was going great in Baltimore in 1999.

— Martin O'Malley

I used to live in Philly, so I was in Baltimore a lot wrestling before I got to WWE, wrestling for different…

— Cesaro

D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Austin... and you. I'll be there soon.

— Sarah Dessen

You shoot another guy—well, okay, this is Baltimore. You shoot three guys, it’s time to admit you have a problem.

— David Simon

Red-hot songs were born on the black streets of Baltimore, where I delivered five-gallon cans of kerosene and ten-pound bags of coal.

— Jerry Leiber

'Baltimore' the series is inspired by all kinds of things, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Dracula.'

— Christopher Golden

I tell people Baltimore is lucky to be rid of the Colts, they're so lousy, but I don't mean it.

— Art Donovan