Detroit Quotes · Page 7

It's a good ass day .

— Doughboys Cashout

Downtown Detroit has more vacant buildings over 10 storeys than any city in the world.

— Meg White

Definitely just growing up in general influenced me; Detroit happened to be where I was. I feel like the city definitely has…

— Big Sean

My dream in growing up in the city of Detroit was to be Mayor. At the family picnics from the time I…

— Kwame Kilpatrick

Detroit is really a model for how wealthier and whiter Americans escape the costs of public goods they'd otherwise share with poorer…

— Robert Reich

Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.

— Kid Rock

The [Hillary] Clinton campaign's recent travel schedule shows how seriously it takes this problem. She and her surrogates have held rallies in…

— Mara Liasson

After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced. So that's kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today...…

— Terry Bradshaw

What is a career, actually? Nobody can destroy my career. Only I can destroy my career, if I am a bad conductor.…

— Neeme Jarvi

I was born in '58, so the riot in Detroit in 1967 was a memorable introduction to the issue of race and…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I can read in any book and newspaper about the city of Detroit, but I want to hear what the people in…

— Erin Cummings

Even drunk, I knew any escape plan that involved going to Detroit, Michigan, was a harbinger of doom.

— Mat Johnson

You can find old Jewish newspapers from Detroit that have my promotional ad in them. It was a totally insane time in…

— James Wolk

The music is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It's like George Clinton and Kraftwerk are stuck in an elevator with only…

— Derrick May

Hollywood has turned into an emotional Detroit.

— Lillian Gish

The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators…

— Ben Shapiro

I care about the children of Detroit.

— John Engler

I wasn't supposed to make it out of Detroit. I wasn't supposed to get a scholarship. I was supposed to be [covering]…

— Bart Scott

Thanks to all the fans from Detroit and Philly who are recognizing what type of player I am, and I hope they…

— Willie Green

I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play,…

— Steve Yzerman

I think electric cars can help save Detroit. They reflect good decision-making, and there has been bad decision making in the auto…

— Chris Paine

That's one of the most important things to me is that Detroit and Ann Arbor got my back. If you don't have…

— Mayer Hawthorne

I was just about 6 weeks old when we moved to Detroit.

— Eddie Floyd

I kind of grew up with hip hop and of course being from Detroit I'm a Motown man. Music is in our…

— Eric Thomas

The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues…

— Danny Glover