Philadelphia Quotes · Page 5

At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.

— Ryne Sandberg

The Philadelphia Feds manufacturers report for September revealed that despite a sharp slowdown, its prices paid index surged 257 points.

— Peter Schiff

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

— Kate DiCamillo

I'd love to play for the Philadelphia Eagles. I'm a South Jersey kid, and I was very excited when the Phillies won…

— Myron Rolle

When I was a child, I was living in the housing projects of Philadelphia. I didn't even have a Christmas tree.

— Bill Cosby

Fascists, Antifa attacked me, and an all-black police force in Philadelphia, and they claim to be fighting racism.

— Candace Owens

If the Philadelphia Eagles weren't on, I wasn't interested. Unless I had a chance to watch Randy Moss.

— Cordarrelle Patterson

Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

— Michael Nutter

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

[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

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

— Bernard Hopkins

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

Delaware River Power Squadron is dedicated to boating safety through education and civic activities in several locations in Philadelphia while also serving…

— Robert Brady

To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing…

— Norman Granz

The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I…

— Doug Collins

I went to a mosque in Philadelphia with [my wife] in December 24, 1999. And we we went to this mosque in…

— Mahershala Ali

Jim Fregosi was not only one of the most respected men in baseball, he was a great man. He was a player's…

— Lenny Dykstra

I grew up in the church, Resurrection Baptist Church in Philadelphia, and my grandmother was that grandmother at the church, the one…

— Will Smith

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

“Born on January 17, 1706, he inhabited this planet until April 17, 1790. His talents were many and he was known to…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

...He went to Scotland and studied under Lister...("Lister was persecuted by the British Medical Association. He was threatened with having his license…

— Paul Douglas

It used to be said that, socially speaking, Philadelphia asked who a person is, New York how much is he worth, and…

— Cleveland Amory

If you look at the well-informed Democratic Sanders activists - I don't know if you were in Philadelphia, but there was no…

— Jill Stein

Training and working in Philadelphia is a very unusual situation because that city does believe that Rocky is real. No one calls…

— Sylvester Stallone

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

Tony Taylor was one of the first acquisitions that the Phillies made when they reconstructed their team. They got him from Philadelphia.

— Jerry Coleman

I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.

— Abbi Jacobson

My home was in a pleasant place outside of Philadelphia. But I really lived, truly lived, somewhere else. I lived within the…

— Anna Quindlen

Someone thought that I dropped out of Harvard. I am a college dropout, but I dropped out of Temple University in Philadelphia.

— Paul F. Tompkins

Philadelphia might not want to hear this, but I grew up in Cleveland, and I think there are really a lot of…

— Jason Kelce

My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a working man, a…

— Ice T

I have a lot of confidence in myself and Philadelphia has a lot of confidence in me.

— Michael Carter-Williams

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern…

— Judith Viorst

Being in love is better than being in jail, a dentist's chair, or a holding pattern over Philadelphia, but not if he…

— Judith Viorst

Comcast began their tradition of volunteer service in 1997 when Comcast employees and their families participated in the Philadelphia Cares Day.

— Jim Gerlach

When I got out of high school, I joined a local blues band in Philadelphia - Woody's Truck Stop.

— Todd Rundgren

My wife Julie and I are driven to make positive and enduring change in our beloved city of Philadelphia, in California, in…

— Zach Ertz

We should do 'Takeaway' from Chicago or Philadelphia. We'd have great fun with it.

— Declan Donnelly