Philadelphia Quotes · Page 2

We need to have Bill Cosby month in Philadelphia.

— Chaka Fattah

“If anyone loved danger, Jev Brennan did.”

— Katherine McIntyre

D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Austin... and you. I'll be there soon.

— Sarah Dessen

I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers.

— Bobby Seale

I can play anywhere. First, third, left field, anywhere but Philadelphia.

— Richie Allen

Philadelphia is always going to be home.

— Ryan Howard

I drink no cider, but feast on Philadelphia beer.

— John Adams

You'll regret the day you ever messed with Philadelphia Collins and sons

— Phil Collins

I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

— Frankie Avalon

Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.

— H. L. Mencken

I'm really impressed with Kolb there in Philadelphia. He's a very talented quarterback.

— Jimmy Johnson

Philadelphia loves its team, and being able to win a World Series for the city, fans, players and our Phillies organization meant…

— Pat Gillick

I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.

— Julius Erving

I've been to Philadelphia a lot of times over the years, playing the old Celebrity Room and most of the other clubs…

— Don Rickles

I'm going to be one of the best fighters coming out of Philadelphia and one of the best Latino fighters who's ever…

— Danny Garcia

“Despite the way she rallied, the haunted look in her eyes was enough to break him, as lost and lonely as an…

— Katherine McIntyre

I represent the Port of Philadelphia, and I know firsthand the important role that ports play in the national and global economy.…

— Allyson Schwartz

I grew up in Los Angeles, and I've made movies all over the world... I've been in New York, Norway, Chicago, Pittsburgh,…

— John Landis

'Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and…

— Anthony Bourdain

But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing…

— Jemima Kirke

At 13, I realized that I could fix anything electronic. It was amazing, I could just do it. I started a business…

— Amar Bose

When I travel round the country, people can't place my accent; if there's someone in the audience, they'll be like, 'You're from…

— Matthew Quick

On October 19, 1949, I got a telephone call from the Philadelphia (A's) front office informing me I had been traded to…

— Nellie Fox

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

I don't necessarily notice too much of a change in the sense of the kind of matches that I have in say…

— Adam Cole

“It is at least as possible for a Philadelphian to feel the presence of Penn and Franklin as for an Englishman to…

— G.K. Chesterton

Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic…

— Martina Navratilova

It is true that the American colonials have "free elections," in which they have the absolute right to vote for one of…

— Eustace Mullins

It is a great mistake for presidents and other leading executives of organizations having branches throughout the country to chain themselves to…

— B. C. Forbes

Yes, [Philadelphia is] horrible, but in a very interesting way. There were places there that had been allowed to decay, where there…

— Anonymous

I moved to Philadelphia to go to school at Eastern partly because I wanted to study the Bible and I also went…

— Shane Claiborne

When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African…

— Eric Holder

I'm a Philadelphia fighter in the truest sense. I never quit.

— Danny Garcia

Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between.

— James Carville

From the moment I arrived in Philadelphia, the city has embraced me.

— Tobias Harris

I love everything about this city, Philadelphia.

— Nick Foles

The Philadelphia audiences, they're like our home crowd.

— Clarence Clemons

I would rather be living in Philadelphia.

— W. C. Fields

You know what they call a good looking girl in Philadelphia... a tourist.

— Jerry Lawler

All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia

— Anonymous