Illinois Quotes

96 Illinois quotes by 79 unique authors

I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a D.C. suburb. And then I… — Abigail Washburn
I was born and grew up in Vandalia, Illinois, a small town of about 6,000. It was farm country, and this was the little county… — June Squibb
I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children. — Bruce Rauner
In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws. — Bill Dedman
Like most other states, Illinois has little regulation of the economic interests of legislators and relies on public disclosure to keep the lawmaking honest. — Bill Dedman
In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45,000, plus as much as $10,000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians. — Bill Dedman
I grew up in Iowa, and the improv comedy club Comedy-Sportz across the river in Illinois held auditions. They took me even though I was… — Eric Christian Olsen
I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local politicians, so I… — Ike Barinholtz
I grew up on the north side of Chicago, in West Rogers Park, an overwhelmingly Jewish neighborhood. When I was 13, my parents moved to… — Scott Turow
When I was in high school, my uncle, who went to the races quite a bit, got me interested. Then when I went to college… — Kenny Troutt
Amtrak is extremely important to the economy of Southern Illinois and I will continue to work with state and local leaders and my colleagues in… — Jerry Costello
Train service is particularly vital for the students and employees of Southern Illinois University. — Jerry Costello
Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system. — Jerry Costello
Where gays and lesbians are the best organized and most concentrated in numbers are states that President Clinton must carry in order to be reelected… — David Mixner
Five states - Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and North Carolina - have been identified by the EPA as contributing significantly to Rhode Island pollution.… — Sheldon Whitehouse
Let's put aside the politics and trust the people. Let's embrace the unique opportunity we all have; take the heat and make the hard and… — Rod Blagojevich
One of the chiefs of this nation, with his young men, escorted us to the Lake of the Illinois. — Unknown Author
We're from Rockford, Illinois, but we've always thought international. — Robin Zander
We're in the middle of nowhere Illinois! And here comes hot girls! — Joe Jonas
I slept with someone in Fall Out Boy and all I got was this stupid T-shirt ... they wake up with Pete Wentz from Illinois. — Pete Wentz
Drew Gray, a 5-year-old in Illinois scored a hole-in-one at a par 3 golf course this week, though he still finished the day 229 over… — Seth Meyers

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