Philadelphia Quotes
142 quotes by 112 authors
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My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see…
— Kevin Bacon
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'Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and restaurant lifers, basically;…
— Anthony Bourdain
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As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people far from my…
— Ed Bradley
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When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned…
— George Raveling
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I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.
— Julius Erving
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Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic…
— Benjamin Franklin
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My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.
— John Sergeant Wise
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They have Easter egg hunts in Philadelphia, and if the kids don't find the eggs, they get booed.
— Bob Uecker
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The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe.
— Frank Rizzo
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Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.
— Oscar Robertson
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I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was…
— Patrick McHenry
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I cannot accept this invitation [to celebrate the bicentenial of the Constitution], for I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever…
— Thurgood Marshall
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Jim Fregosi was not only one of the most respected men in baseball, he was a great man. He was a player's manager. He had…
— Lenny Dykstra
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John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays…
— Eli Wallach
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I love Philadelphia. I was shocked at what a great city this is. For me, it is the cat's pajamas. I love everything about it.…
— George Dzundza
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If all those magnificent cathedrals with their valuable lands in Boston, Philadelphia and New York were taxed as they should be, the taxes of women…
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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You'll regret the day you ever messed with Philadelphia Collins and sons
— Phil Collins
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Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.
— Steve Carlton
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It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again,
— Jim Leyland
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a house of artistic and intellectual prostitution
— Albert C. Barnes
Who Wrote These Philadelphia Quotes
112 authors contributed a total of 142 Philadelphia Quotes, led by these top contributors: