"Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse.……" — Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse."
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166 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes has 166 quotes on this site.
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Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
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We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it…
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I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.
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We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see…
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The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to…
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I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the…
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Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers.
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What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings…
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The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of…
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Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart…
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The best servant does his work unseen.
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See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.
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More Chicago Quotes
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Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
— Jack Adams
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I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
— Jack Adams
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Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only…
— Dave Barry
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No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.
— Saul Bellow
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Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.
— John Belushi
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I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that…
— Wilford Brimley
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In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first…
— Steve Albini
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I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community…
— Jane Byrne
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I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago…
— Steve Carell
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The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.
— Steve Carell
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I had, like, two goals in my career: One was to try to get into 'Second City.' When I moved…
— Steve Carell
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