Chicago Quote by Studs Terkel Download Open image “Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.” — Studs Terkel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chicago Cities
Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America. — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
“Chicago is not the most corrupt of cities. The state of New Jersey has a couple. Need we mention Nevada? Chicago, though, is the… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I know the way this city works. We have one of the most corrupt cities in the country. The reason it's so corrupt is… — Zoey Tur Copy Share Image
I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government. — Harold Washington Copy Share Image
Chicago is seen as everything that Trump detests, which I think kind of reflects really well on the city I think, because it's a… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Chicago is complicated and complex and very violent but also very rich with history and tradition and art and culture - it's all these… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
A lot of people get Chicago wrong. I've developed this protective feeling about how we're portrayed, and at the same time, I'm acutely aware… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
I think of Chicago as a great entrepreneur city, a city that supports its own, that isn't as jaded as New York and L.A. — Christie Hefner Copy Share Image
The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the… — John Gunther Copy Share Image
Chicago seems to follow New York, and coming from New York and being in real estate, I worry about things happening in Chicago that… — Jerry Reinsdorf Copy Share Image
“It was in ’35—we had this campaign to raise a million tax dollars. In the town of Phillips, one evening, during a blizzard, I… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I never drove a car. I'm hopeless that way. I press the wrong buttons on the tape recorder. But if the person I'm interviewing… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us. — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“I’ll never forget that Depression Easter Sunday. Our son was four years old. I bought ten or fifteen cents’ worth of eggs. You didn’t… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library. — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation. — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“The total cost of the Federal Arts Project was only $23 million. Many of these paintings, sculptures and prints were given to museums, courthouses,… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I'm proud to say I had a bet with a guy from Chicago who said Chicago is windier and colder than Wyoming. Wyoming dominated… — Mike Leach Copy Share Image
I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
I worked a lot in Chicago's theater scene as a fight choreographer. And so I do have a lot of experience in stage combat… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
“Things are more like they are now...than they have EVER been before!” — Uncle Arnie Mamath Copy Share Image
This week I realized my dad will make you cry in the store if you make him mad. Also when your crossing the street… — Me Copy Share Image
Whenever I was flying commercial, I would land in Chicago, and they would announce, 'Get your passports out.' It happened so often, I would… — Shahid Khan Copy Share Image
I loved 'Chicago Code;' I watched that a lot. It was great because it really captured the city - I'm from Chicago, too. — Jessy Schram Copy Share Image
As much as I want to stay on the team -- I love Chicago, I love the Bulls -- at the same time, I… — Luol Deng Copy Share Image
I'm from Chicago. And I was an actor in high school and college, and I wanted to see if I could make a run… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
“I will have both of you," he said. "My Sentinel and my city. And the GP will learn exactly how stubborn we both can… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you… — Helmut Jahn Copy Share Image
