Philadelphia Quotes · Page 7

There is a man up in Philadelphia, I've known him for 50 years now, his name is Sid Mark. He does a…

— Frank Sinatra, Jr

I was influenced by my children's education in Quaker schools in the Philadelphia area. I experienced a spiritual awakening and became a…

— Mike Berenstain

I really don't think that Detroit was any different than New York of Boston or Philadelphia. Kids always wanted to listen to…

— Diana Ross

My father's father wrote for a Philadelphia newspaper and aspired to be a playwright. We had in our house a couple of…

— Stephen Gaghan

I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a…

— Patrick McHenry

Smokey Wilson was like my Gandhi. If I had run into somebody else in prison, with a different set of values, the…

— Bernard Hopkins

[Donald] Trump is speaking in Philadelphia on military matters. He's doing quite well. I want to join a little bit of this…

— Rush Limbaugh

Our country today is at a stage in our foreign policy similar to that crucial point in our nation's early history when…

— Walter Cronkite

My family's support and the negative environment of the day toward blacks in South Carolina became the forces that led me out…

— Joe Frazier

It's not preppies, cause I'm a preppie myself. I just don't like homosexuals. If you ask me, they're all homosexuals in the…

— Al Franken

When I read that the British army had landed thirty-two thousand troops - and I had realized, not very long before, that…

— David McCullough

I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature.…

— Anonymous

Tim Tebow may be back in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles. As you remember, he was thrown out of the league…

— David Letterman

If you're associated with the Philadelphia media or town, you look for negatives. I don't know if there's something about their upbringing…

— Mike Schmidt

People see my current success but don't realize I've worked hard to get where I am. I used to clean garbage off…

— Kevin Eubanks

I descend from both Philadelphia Quakers and Carolina colonists whose families were separated by the Revolutionary War. That helped give me insight…

— Edward Rutherfurd

I love everything about Philadelphia, and its food is like the city itself: real-deal, hearty, and without pretension. We've always had an…

— Lisa Scottoline

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums…

— Ernie Isley

We were in Philadelphia when Manager Pat shifted me from third to short, and right off the bat, I knew I had…

— Bobby Wallace

Mitt Romney announced he will fight former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield in a charity boxing match. You can tell that Romney is…

— Jimmy Fallon

Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged…

— Nancy Meyers

I had teachers in high school to point me in the direction of the University of Indiana School of Music, and after…

— Ailyn Perez

I grew up a plumber's son in Philadelphia.

— Mike Vogel

Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night

— Anonymous

First prize was a week in Philadelphia. Second prize was two weeks.

— W. C. Fields

Home is here in Philadelphia. I never like to be away too long.

— Grace Kelly

I loved Philadelphia. I loved my teammates.

— Cris Carter

Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.

— W. C. Fields

“On July 4 the Continental Congress in Philadelphia voted,”

— Thomas B. Allen

I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.

— W. C. Fields

Owning the Eagles is the ultimate fulfillment of every fantasy I ever had growing up in Philadelphia.

— Norman Braman

I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost…

— Allen Iverson

My rookie season, I wore 8 because I had wanted 15, but it's retired in Philadelphia. I had worn 15 in college.

— Jahlil Okafor

“It’s been said of Pennsylvania that it’s made up of Pittsburgh on the west end, Philadelphia on the east, and Alabama in…

— William L. Myers Jr

There's a difference between performing in Philadelphia to New York as much as a difference between playing in Luton and playing in…

— Pete Doherty

The whole American pop culture started in Philadelphia with 'American Bandstand' and the music that came out of that city.

— Daryl Hall

Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.

— Andrea Mitchell

I don't think I'm as bad as I'm made out to be. I did things in Philadelphia, but I don't have any…

— Richie Allen

President [Barack] Obama did put together a task force on 21st Century Policing, led by Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey, to look…

— Julianne Malveaux

Showrunner I admire: Weiss: "All friendship bias duly acknowledged: Rob McElhenney and the guys at 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' have been…

— David Benioff