Chicago Quotes · Page 45

I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.

— R. Kelly

Milton Friedman had the grace and good sense to recognize that he wanted to talk to the general public. He wasn't going…

— Allan H. Meltzer

In Chicago it's really a case of the play's the thing - people are just so happy to be acting, you know?…

— John C. Reilly

He [Barak Obama]'s a guy from Chicago. He doesn't know what the hell to do. He's got a big pipe with a…

— Bill O'Reilly

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

— Quincy Jones

You know I'm a Chicago kid, and Chicago will always have a big piece of my heart. But with Milwaukee - for…

— Jabari Parker

Buildings are seldom just buildings in downtown Chicago, they are Examples, and not a city on Earth, I swear, is as knowledgeably…

— Jan Morris

There are two Chicagos, as you know. There's one Chicago that's incredible, luxurious and all - and safe. There's another Chicago that's…

— Donald Trump

I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss.

— Georg Solti

Chicago keeps getting all these complete games. Im expecting 50 cent hot dogs.

— Mitch Albom

Because I grew up in Chicago, I didn't have an emotional relationship to segregation. I understood the facts and stories, but there…

— Diane Nash

Every action I take, I will ask myself - does this make better for younger Americans in Baltimore, in Chicago, in Detroit,…

— Donald Trump

I went to Northwestern in Chicago, in Evanston, and then I ended up trickling down in Chicago theater. I did a bunch…

— Denis O'Hare

Being from Chicago, an inner-city kid, I'm fortunate enough now to be able to help the kids here when I come back,…

— Jahlil Okafor

Chicago is an exciting place which renews itself. The workshop system encourages close reading and frank discussions of papers and ideas.

— James Heckman

Probably the best advice I ever got in my life was from the head of the accounting department, Mr. Hutchinson, I believe…

— Bob Newhart

I got my SAG card doing a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial in Chicago.

— Timothy Simons

I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my…

— John Jakes

I was in my early twenties. I was 22-ish. I graduated from college and went right into teaching. The first year, I…

— Craig Robinson

The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.

— Steve Carell

I was 10 years old, and I went to the Marigold Arena in Chicago, and I was hooked, just like that.

— Bobby Heenan

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

— Bob Barr

Fans love Sosa for his exuberance, for the kisses he blows to his mother, wife and four children. He is Slammin' Sammy,…

— Bill Dedman

I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops.

— Tim Meadows

When I first started training to be a wrestler I was also trying my hand at acting. I was trying to get…

— Christopher Daniels