Chicago Quotes · Page 14

I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago.

— Jane Byrne

Being from Chicago, you kind of are shielded in a way from the other stuff that goes on in music and the…

— Ravyn Lenae

It's not a question that people have a very negative image of Chicago. They just don't think about it.

— Desiree Rogers

Prodigal sons like Barack Obama, Kanye West, and Michael Jordan only come back to Chicago to sell their homes.

— Sean Evans

Most of my family is from Arkansas on my Mom's side, and my Dad's family is from up north in Chicago.

— Mike Conley Jr

Chicago is a fantastic city, and I can easily see the Olympics setting themselves right here in Chicago.

— Edwin Moses

I was raised on the Southside of Chicago, and my whole family was musically-inclined.

— Jeremih

I'm a dirt road out in the country kind of person, but I remember thinking, I could live in Chicago.

— Maggie Stiefvater

Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics,…

— Bob Barr

Everything is in New York or L.A. or whatever, but Chicago is more of, like, a real world. It has the art…

— Paul Scheer

My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we…

— Quincy Jones

They planned this fair to bring business to Chicago, into the Loop. But you could have fired a cannon down state street…

— Sally Rand

I was so glad to get out of the cotton patch and stop pickin' cotton, I wouldn't of cared who come by…

— Koko Taylor

R&B is everything. Hip Hop, Soul, Gospel and Classical Blues are everything. All of that makes sense in BJ The Chicago Kid…

— B.J. The Chicago Kid

I did my residency on the South Side of Chicago.We were taking care of people who were incredibly sick and were really…

— Jill Stein

I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago…

— Daniel Barenboim

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

— Martina Navratilova

The Midwest isn't somewhere you mix with those from the performing arts. But my mum and dad would go off to Chicago…

— Willem Dafoe

When I come to Chicago, I gorge myself. I get off the plane and start with Gene and Jude's for two hot…

— James Belushi

I think about my education sometimes. I went to the University of Chicago for awhile after the Second World War. I was…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Look, we live in a celebrity culture and sometimes you get caught in the wave and the buzz and a lot of…

— Barack Obama

The lake was always my orienting point when my dad was teaching me how to not get lost. The lake is east,…

— Jamila Woods

My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city…

— Mike Krzyzewski

A lot of people who voted for Barack Obama expected and were led to expect something new in politics: a new tone…

— Bernard Goldberg

I think it's weird that people think someone who's not a politician could be the mayor of Chicago.

— Eric Zorn

I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.

— John Hughes

I was very, very happy in Chicago as an actor making $168 a week.

— Brad Hall

I love the city of Chicago. They are so welcoming to the shows that shoot here.

— Colin Donnell

I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.

— Don Cornelius

Breaking the back of the Chicago machine, it's quite monumental.

— Lori Lightfoot

“Chicago’s success is no longer symbiotic with its rural neighbours. It comes at their expense.”

— Edward Luce

In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can…

— Irvine Welsh

I actually graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts. I think John Cusack did as well.

— Cecily Strong

The Cool Kids are Chicago. Me being from Michigan is a part of that dynamic.

— Chuck Inglish

I was 14 when the Democratic convention in my hometown of Chicago erupted into violence. It was a tough year.

— Richard Edelman

Someday the Chicago Cubs are going to be in the World Series

— Harry Caray

Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation.

— Jane Byrne

Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.

— Wang Jianlin

ChicagoNEXT is focused on making Chicago the best possible place for technology entrepreneurs.

— J. B. Pritzker

Chicago’s neighborhoods have always been the city’s greatest strength.

— Jane Byrne