Chicago Quotes
592 Chicago quotes by 417 unique authors
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These are the saddest of possible words, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit…
— Franklin P. Adams
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I joined the Army and was sent to the MIT radiation laboratory after a few months of introduction to electromagnetic wave theory in a special…
— Jack Steinberger
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They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.
— Al Capone
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We saw a hole in the Chicago poetry scene that slam couldn't fill. I think a lot more can be done with the form than…
— Unknown Author
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My shoes were on Oprah but they ran out of time so I wasn't on. I left my shoes in Chicago so they could put…
— Matthew McGrory
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Ten Delta Airlines baggage handlers were arrested for smuggling drugs into Detroit. Yeah, you can tell Delta was involved, because the drugs were supposed to…
— Jimmy Fallon
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Congratulation s to Rahm Emanuel on being elected mayor of Chicago. His first order of business after taking office will be to actually move to…
— Jay Leno
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He (Jackie Robinson) was the greatest competitor I've ever seen. I've seen him beat a team with his bat, his ball, his glove, his feet…
— Duke Snider
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Fifty-thousand were gathered (March,27th,1933) in and around Madison Square Garden, supportive rallies were at that moment waiting in Chicago, Washington, San Francisco, Houston, and about…
— Edwin Black
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I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team. When he was well into his eighties a friend…
— Bernie Siegel
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And there was no money in Chicago for a band.
— Santiago Durango
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago, and what…
— Harold Ramis
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In Chicago some anti-Mitt Romney protesters told reporters they're being paid to protest. They said they're being paid by Democrats to stand outside and chant…
— Jay Leno
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My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago.
— Donald Johanson
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You know what I like about San Francisco? The women are beautiful, fashionable and smart. San Francisco is one of the only cities I like…
— LeRoy Neiman
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In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.
— Luther Allison
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When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.
— Luther Allison
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I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as…
— Colleen Atwood
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Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means. The geometer might be replaced…
— Henri Poincare
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A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to get him on…
— Bob Hope
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My main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938.
— George Stigler
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We now live in a world where the most valuable skill you can sell is knowledge. Revolutions in technology and communication have created an entire…
— Barack Obama
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Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.
— Jane Byrne
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The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their…
— Oscar Wilde
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I'm into classic games like Donkey Kong, and also collect vintage tour t-shirts - everything from Olivia Newton-John to Duran Duran. I've got a Chicago…
— Michael Rosenbaum
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