Boston Quotes

312 Boston quotes by 249 unique authors

Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heartbeat' was my apartment in New York City. 'My Sister'… — Juliana Hatfield
Any city may have one period of magnificence, like Boston or New Orleans or San Francisco, but it takes a real one to keep renewing… — A J Liebling
I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the… — Bill Walton
A few years ago no hotel or restaurant in Boston refused Negro guests; now several hotels, restaurants, and especially confectionary stores, will not serve Negroes,… — Ray Stannard Baker
The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New… — Horace Walpole
The distinction that Jews have themselves always made between Jews of German origin and Jews of East European origin is as stringent as that between… — Diana Trilling
As a consequence [of a closed economic circle], in 1912 there was not a single Irishman who sat on a single board of a major… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
I'm a kid from Boston. — Rob Mariano
I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station. — Elinor Lipman
I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that… — Indra Nooyi
I'm from Boston, and I'm hard-headed, opinionated and a good arguer. — Kenny Wormald
I used to get made fun of a lot for being a male dancer, especially growing up in Boston. Kids are terrible, they don't realize… — Kenny Wormald
I can't say Boston is 'home-home.' It's definitely a place I'm growing accustomed to. It's such a great sports town. — Wes Welker
I grew up a Red Sox fan. I grew up going to Fenway Park and the Museum of Fine Arts and the Science Museum and… — James Spader
I was inspired by the classic rock radio of the Seventies. They separated Chuck Berry and the Beatles from the Led Zeppelins and Bostons and… — Chuck D
There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I… — Walter Payton
I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and… — Eliza Dushku
My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She's a professor in Boston, and she's been teaching women's studies for 30 years and international politics. — Eliza Dushku
Playing in New England and the Boston area, the fans are so passionate about their sports if you don't play well, they'll let you know… — Drew Bledsoe
I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I… — Gary Burton
The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the… — Godfried Danneels
I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books. — Anthony Doerr
It was 1975. I had spent the year at the Boston Museum School doing some very bizarre performance works. The last one included going to… — Alex Grey
I was born in Boston, but then I went down to Virginia. We spent a little time in Maryland, and then were in Virginia by… — Connie Britton
I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever… — Peter Maxwell Davies

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