Chicago Quotes · Page 18

I don't think the people of Chicago should be robbed of their birthright to be perennial losers.

— Gene Weingarten

My wife and I lived in Chicago for two months, and we went to a lot of great restaurants.

— Frank Vincent

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.

— Joan Cusack

I started writing poetry as a teenager in suburban Chicago out of emotional desperation.

— Edward Hirsch

It feels great to have the chance to play with the Chicago Bulls.

— Toni Kukoc

I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.

— Bob Dylan

“Sure, I flip people off in traffic on occasion, but that’s just Chicago.”

— Blake Crouch

I'm going to go out and try to be the best player I can be and help the Chicago Bears win.

— Brian Griese

I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use…

— Colleen Atwood

When I lived in Chicago, it often felt like the same people who were going to all the little theater companies were…

— Sean Gunn

There are some exceptions: Chicago, my hometown, in particular. But overall in the country this is a much safer place than it…

— Barack Obama

Yet once you've come to be part of this particular patch, you'll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken…

— Nelson Algren

The irony is that [Barack] Obama was a law professor at the University of Chicago. He would, most of all, know that…

— Nat Hentoff

The decision came from the publisher. It certainly was cleared by Chicago. And then they come out with these fine sounding words…

— Robert Scheer

The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife…

— William Petersen

I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire…

— Sandra Cisneros

We have to bring back law and order. In a place like Chicago, where thousands of people have been killed, thousands over…

— Donald Trump

At Marshall Field in Chicago, I had them take a big bed into the menswear department, one with black sheets. I'd get…

— Wavy Gravy

I always honestly dreamed of coming to Second City in Chicago, although I've never even been there to see a show. But…

— Simon Helberg

Over the years, the technology of trade has changed in response to advances in the ability to communicate. From its origins on…

— Dale T. Mortensen

I did a lot of musicals when I was younger. And then I went to Northwestern University, and I did more musicals.…

— George Newbern

There are so many talented actors in Chicago, I have to go see shows when I'm there. A lot of these actors,…

— Jacob Zachar

[Producers] took me to Chicago at 18 to star in a show that ran for almost a year. And that's when my…

— David Copperfield

Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity…

— John Green

I played for Marinelli I think my last four, five years in Chicago. He's awesome.

— Brian Urlacher

In Chicago, we have a century-old transit system that desperately needs updates to keep up with increased capacity.

— Mike Quigley

I'm from a really little town called Quincy, five hours southwest of Chicago.

— Jonathan Van Ness

For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.

— Mary Schmich

When I lived alone in Chicago, I had a lot of loneliness issues.

— Elizabeth Berg

It really wasn't about picking Chicago. I feel like Chicago picked me.

— Alex Weisman

I come from Chicago, and the landscape of the Midwest has always meant a great deal to me.

— Edward Hirsch

For The Chicago Code, I did some boxing. It makes you stand differently when you know you can punch someone out.

— Jennifer Beals

I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago.

— Nate Berkus

I remember seeing 'Chicago' and 'Legally Blonde' and waiting by the stage door.

— Kirstin Maldonado

An amusing city, Chicago, any way you look at it. I'm afraid we are in for the time of our lives.

— Karen Abbott

... Chicago divided your heart. Leaving you loving the joint for keeps. Yet knowing it never can love you.

— Nelson Algren

Living in Chicago as a country boy, basically, and going to college made a very big impact on me.

— Fred Eychaner

Sometimes words are just music themselves. Like 'Chicago' is a very musical sounding name.

— Tom Waits

I think Chicago's kind of a comedy hub, and I think it always has been.

— Andrew Santino

I like Chicago. I've visited Chicago before and have family here.

— Charles Oakley