Chicago Quotes - Page 4

• I live and die with the Chicago Cubs

  Sara Paretsky

  Cubs, Dies, Chicago Cubs

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• At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.

  Mark Harmon

  Real, Staff, Hard

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• Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.

  Lara Flynn Boyle

  Growing Up, Bigs, Being Irish

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• Chicago is the great American city, New York is one of the capitals of the world, and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic; San Francisco is a lady

  Norman Mailer

  New York, Cities, San Francisco

  Norman Mailer (2016). “Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968”, p.83, Random House

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• I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.

  H. L. Mencken

  Cities, Paris, Giving

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• Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.

  Harold Washington

  Cities, People, Goal

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• I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

  Robin Tunney

  Aunt, Grandfather, Married

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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

  Two Sides, West, Lifetime

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• Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.

  Ruby Wax

  Jealous, My Boyfriend, Letters

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• When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.

  Luther Allison

  Way, My Way

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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 inspiration.

  Colleen Atwood

  Inspiration, Use, Currents

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• I did a lot of theater in the South side of Chicago.

  Kel Mitchell

  Two Sides, Theater, South

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• I am back in Los Angeles after a very successful run in Chicago as Billy Flynn.

  Greg Evigan

  Running, Successful, Los Angeles

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• In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

  Dick Gregory

  Sports, Country, Voting

  Dick Gregory (1972). “Dick Gregory's political primer”

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• I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.

  Gary Cole

  Cities, Missing, February

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• Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Cities, Modern, American Capitalism

  "What's the Matter with Chicago?" by Eugene V. Debs in "Chicago Socialist", www.marxists.org. October 25, 1902.

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• There's only one thing for Chicago to do, and that's to move to a better neighborhood.

  Herman Fetzer

  Moving, Cities, Neighborhood

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• I'm going to go out and try to be the best player I can be and help the Chicago Bears win.

  Brian Griese

  Sports, Winning, Player

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• And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets.

  Sun Ra

  Space, Outer Space, Planets

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• In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however.

  Jane Byrne

  Cities, Community, Months

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• I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.

  LeBron James

  Growing Up, Fans, Bulls

  Interview With Larry King, www.cnn.com. June 2, 2010.

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• In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record.

  Steve Albini

  Black, Records, Firsts

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• But I like being nasty. I like being cranky. Especially if it's a cold day in Chicago, it's nice to just take it out on Kyle, because he's so easy to scream at, you know?

  Fisher Stevens

  Nice, Nasty, Cold

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.

  Jack Adams

  Heavy, Hairstyles

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• I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking.

  Jay Leno

  Inspirational, Saws, October

  "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, October 4, 2008.

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