Chicago Quotes
592 Chicago quotes by 417 unique authors
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My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in…
— Ed Asner
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Deep down I knew that if Hell existed, it was a real place full of ruthless, venal people, like the commodity pits at the Chicago…
— Richard Dooling
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I was born in Chicago, but I was raised in a town called Jackson, Tennessee. And a lot of these changes that were necessary and…
— Gil Scott-Heron
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I love Chicago. Chicago is my home.
— Jonathan Toews
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My grandfather and dad worked at General American Transportation Corp. in Chicago, a company that made tank cars and freight cars. We had a pragmatic,…
— Bill Moseley
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When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan…
— Pat Gillick
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I first became aware of Charles Darwin and evolution while still a schoolboy growing up in Chicago. My father and I had a passion for…
— James D. Watson
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I grew up in Chicago, so hip-hop has always been a part of my life.
— Gina Rodriguez
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People of my generation who became photographers in the late fifties, early sixties, there were no rewards in photography. There were no museum shows. Maybe…
— Duane Michals
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
— Zubin Mehta
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I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I…
— Zubin Mehta
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I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago.
— Nate Berkus
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Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.
— Dave Grohl
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Jamie Moyer was in his third year as a major league pitcher and was, by his own admission, still wide-eyed, watching everything going on around…
— Don Yaeger
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Liberals want to live downtown. All over America - in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Georgetown - there are crowds of liberals living in the…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Being born and raised in Chicago made me tough. It made me strong. I feel like I can deal with anything. I truly believe that…
— Shani Davis
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Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border of…
— Dinaw Mengestu
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The people of Chicago have made it very clear that they favor sensible restrictions on gun ownership.
— Mike Quigley
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I need to be working with the art world in N.Y.C. as much as I need to be working in my studios in Chicago and…
— Michelle Grabner
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I know Los Angeles has it better than Chicago when it comes to produce year round!
— Rick Bayless
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My mom was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School, in 1946. She had leadership roles in the law,…
— John W. Rogers, Jr.
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When I was in college in Chicago, I was doing a lot of commercials - that was my bread and butter.
— Janina Gavankar
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I first met Bev Shea while in Chicago when he was on Moody Radio. As a young man starting my ministry, I asked Bev if…
— Billy Graham
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I actually graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts. I think John Cusack did as well.
— Cecily Strong
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In the days when regional music was very clearly defined and had a clear personality - Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, whatever - Philadelphia had a tradition…
— John Oates
Who Wrote These Chicago Quotes
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