--- title: "7 Outside Chicago Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Outside Chicago quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Outside Chicago sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/lil-durk-7999_chicago_i-never-thought-i-would-see-the-outside_1062688.jpg" --- > [I never thought I would see the outside of Chicago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-durk/i-never-thought-i-would-see-the-outside-of-chicago/) [Lil Durk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-durk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/lil-durk-7999_chicago_i-never-thought-i-would-see-the-outside_1062688.jpg) > [George Saunders is outside of Chicago too. I've met him a few times, actually. I really like him a lot. He's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/how-to-dress-well/george-saunders-is-outside-of-chicago-too-i-ve-met-him-a-few-times/) [How to Dress Well](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/how-to-dress-well/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/how-to-dress-well-19520_big-fan_george-saunders-is-outside-of-chicago-to_1088992.jpg) > [I grew up three and a half hours outside of Chicago, but people would call me a 'hick' or 'country boy.' Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-eldredge/i-grew-up-three-and-a-half-hours-outside-of-chicago-but-people-would/) [Brett Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-eldredge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/brett-eldredge-23099_chicago_i-grew-up-three-and-a-half-hours-outside_1215753.jpg) > [One thing that people outside Chicago need to understand is that the city is not just one thing. It is one city,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-kamau-bell/one-thing-that-people-outside-chicago-need-to-understand-is-that-the/) [W. Kamau Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-kamau-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/w-kamau-bell-3541_america_one-thing-that-people-outside-chicago-ne_1233488.jpg) > [I grew up 45 minutes outside of Chicago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-gaffigan/i-grew-up-45-minutes-outside-of-chicago/) [Jim Gaffigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-gaffigan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/jim-gaffigan-580_chicago_i-grew-up-45-minutes-outside-of-chicago_1842128.jpg) > [The size of the city and the nature of how independent the neighborhoods are means that not only do people who live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-kamau-bell/the-size-of-the-city-and-the-nature-of-how-independent-the/) [W. Kamau Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-kamau-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/w-kamau-bell-3541_chicago_the-size-of-the-city-and-the-nature-of-h_2145570.jpg) > [When my husband and I were in our twenties, we thought it would be fun to take up cross-country skiing as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/when-my-husband-and-i-were-in-our-twenties-we-thought-it-would-be-fun/) [Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/robin-marantz-henig-15674_apartment_when-my-husband-and-i-were-in-our-twenti_3142795.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/outside-chicago/#itemlist", "name": "Outside Chicago Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never thought I would see the outside of Chicago.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lil Durk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-durk/i-never-thought-i-would-see-the-outside-of-chicago/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/lil-durk-7999_chicago_i-never-thought-i-would-see-the-outside_1062688.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/lil-durk-7999_chicago_i-never-thought-i-would-see-the-outside_1062688.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/lil-durk-7999_chicago_i-never-thought-i-would-see-the-outside_1062688.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never thought I would see the outside of Chicago.” — Lil Durk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "George Saunders is outside of Chicago too. 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