Detroit Quotes · Page 10

We don't hear our president [Barack Obama] talking about the need for high-quality jobs for everybody, giving it priority, not just giving…

— Cornel West

When you go to Detroit you see a town that is resilient, that's just fighting to win again, and there's an energy…

— George Clooney

Detroit's political leadership is a parasite that has outgrown its host.

— Kevin D. Williamson

I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor…

— Marta Kristen

There are certain things that we take for granted that simply would not have existed without the great migration. Motown, for example,…

— Isabel Wilkerson

When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.

— Ram Dass

I believe that Detroit has a terrific geographic position. It still is a hub of one of the most important industries in…

— Daniel L. Doctoroff

When I came to Detroit, if you threw a stone up in the air it would hit an autoworker on its way…

— Grace Lee Boggs

I would definitely pick Flint over Detroit any day.

— Hank Williams III

I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.

— Steven Seagal

It is a tough city to live in (Detroit) but a great city to be around. There is so much promise. There…

— MC Serch

I emceed in metro Detroit throughout college, and even when I moved to New York, I would actually fly back on a…

— James Wolk

Detroit right now is virtually abandoned at its core to the degree that a lot of what had been slums thirty years…

— James Howard Kunstler

I was brought up in southwestern Ontario where we were taught that Canadian patriotism should not withstand anything more than a five-dollar-a-month…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That…

— Quincy Jones

When I was 16, I really discovered good stuff like Detroit techno or gabba from Holland.

— Apparat

Jimmy Carter, who embraced all manner of schemes to make America a second or third-rate country, came down so squarely in favor…

— Patrick Bedard

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

— Jim Harrison

I started bands at a pretty young age and played with my friends back in Detroit. I've always known that I wanted…

— Alex Winston

I was born in Missouri, but I was raised in Detroit. One of my stock and trades is accents.

— Denis O'Hare

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.

— Jim Henson

I got hit with an octopus in Detroit one time. It was the most gross thing I've ever had happen. I got…

— Pat Burns

Detroit was an exaggeration of what was going on across the country. You could see the divisions, even within the Civil Rights…

— David Maraniss

I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until…

— John Lee Hooker

Detroit's really important to the success of our state. You know, you can't have a successful Michigan if the biggest city isn't…

— Gretchen Whitmer