Chicago Quotes · Page 19

They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.

— Al Capone

“...a city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel…

— Nelson Algren

But when you look - and Chicago's not the only - you go to Ferguson, you go to so many different places.…

— Donald Trump

I was a bouncer when I was in DePaul in Chicago at the theater school. I threw drunks out of bars -…

— W. Earl Brown

The thing about Chicago is that it really isn't like any other place. The architecture and the layout of the city are…

— Vince Vaughn

My wife doesn't want to go. She says, 'I am your wife, I will do as a wife should.' But she is…

— Toni Kukoc

Thanks to my mother's sacrifices, I was able to attend one of the best schools in Chicago.

— Ayanna Pressley

I couldn't reconcile what I was being taught at the university of Chicago, the lectures and the books I was being assigned,…

— Paul Samuelson

I've been a Cub all my life. I came up here when I was 20 years old and spent my whole career…

— Ron Santo

I left before I had the opportunity to pursue work more widely in Chicago.

— KiKi Layne

I've known Chicago for 50 years; we used to play shows at the Avalon Ballroom.

— Steve Miller

You'd hear Willie Nelson, then Earth, Wind & Fire, then Chicago, then Billy Joel on the same radio station. Nowadays, everything is compartmentalized.

— Brian McKnight

I remember when I was in Chicago and data started coming out that when black folks walk into an auto dealership, and…

— Barack Obama

President [Barack] Obama's choice of Rahm Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff was questionable, and perhaps coverups around the police violence against…

— Julianne Malveaux

The fact of the matter is, we need to have a very clear message. We haven't had that from the current president.…

— Chris Christie

I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I…

— Elana Meyers

Chicago - it's the Midwest, and the people are not as tough or not as edgy as they are in New York.

— Frank Vincent

Chicago is the great American city, New York is one of the capitals of the world, and Los Angeles is a constellation…

— Norman Mailer

Whether the people in Haiti, the young kids in Chicago that [are] going through violence, or whether you're in Atlanta or L.A.…

— Common

I seem to have some of the greatest fans in the world. They are so respectful, whether it's been people that are…

— Colin Donnell

We can't just rest on the fact that this is beautiful Chicago. I want to triple down on that experience and make…

— Desiree Rogers

I'm from Chicago and it's a huge influence on me.

— Jeff Garlin

Gorgeous day here in Chicago. Sure is better than Canada.

— CM Punk

Dear Bill (O'Reilly)...I am concerned that you have been losing touch with reality recently. Did you really say you are more powerful…

— Roger Ebert

Celebrities in general are pretty democratic, just being in the theater. Plus, I'm from Chicago. But Obama's sensible... he's just a reasonable,…

— James Belushi