Seattle Quotes · Page 7

In Seattle, they have a saying: 'If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and then shoot yourself in the face.'

— Doug Benson

I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music…

— Randy Johnson

I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able…

— Robert Benchley

Simply as a writer of books I'm thrilled and proud that Seattle should have raised, on a public vote, sufficient money to…

— Jonathan Raban

I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.

— Gary Locke

I was driving around the country when I was 19 and happened to run out of cash in Seattle, so I settled here.

— Tom Douglas

All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.

— Chief Seattle

I never expected the movement against globalization and corporate rule to mushroom as quickly as it has, either. And right now the…

— Jello Biafra

When I retired and told my wife I wanted to go back to Bozeman and fight political corruption and get involved in…

— Stan Jones

Sadly - and I think this is why it's so important that we do this more - I don't have that guiding…

— Karla Souza

I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.

— Hope Solo

Upwell is one of the most terrifyingly great bands I have ever known out of Seattle. Their musicianship and songwriting is monstrous...…

— Jack Endino

I like New York better than Seattle. It's bigger. I was really sad when I left, because I miss my friends, but…

— Rachel Trachtenburg

I think I owe it to the people of Seattle, and myself, to retire as a Mariner.

— Ken Griffey Jr

The first time I played against Seattle was the only time I felt destroyed. Vin Baker just manhandled me. The whole thing,…

— Tim Duncan

What people don't realize is that the so-called Seattle grunge scene grew out of several close-knit gourmet supper clubs - we would…

— Kurt Cobain

I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that…

— Sheryl Lee

Think of everything in Seattle - Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks. Then you go down to Silicon Valley - Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter.…

— Nicolas Berggruen

I never thought I would be the oldest quarterback in the National Football League at one point, not in a million years.…

— Warren Moon

The bluest skies . . . are in Seattle.

— Perry Como

I was a big fan of Gary Moore, he was my buddy and I miss him a lot. I loved his playing…

— Jack Bruce

I knew [Kurt Cobain] and his daughter. And Courtney [Love] came and stayed at my house. R.E.M. worked on two records in…

— Michael Stipe

That whole rivalry with the fans is not something that I can pay attention to right now. This is my new home,…

— B. J. Daniels

I'm not going to say I'm not a fan, but I'm a fan of house music, essentially, and kind of indie, and…

— Nick Frost

One of the best things that's come out of the Seattle protests is the birth of the Independent Media Center. It's not…

— Jello Biafra