Philadelphia Quotes

• All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia

  W. C. Fields

  All Things

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• Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.

  Judith Viorst

  Love, Funny, Valentines Day

  "The Problem Behind All Problems". Book by Michael Hansbury, 2009.

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• Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

  Michael Nutter

  Believe, Pursuit Of Happiness, Ideas

  "Philly Mayor Michael Nutter Thinks Local At DNC". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 5, 2012.

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• I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.

  W. C. Fields

  Witty, Sunday, Thinking

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• I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.

  Lisa Scottoline

  Heart, Names, Dignity

  "How I Write: Lisa Scottoline & Daughter Francesca Serritella". Interview with Noah Charney, www.thedailybeast.com. November 14, 2012.

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• Philadelphia fans would boo funerals, an Easter egg hunt, a parade of armless war vets and the Liberty Bell.

  Bo Belinsky

  Easter, War, Eggs

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• Training and working in Philadelphia is a very unusual situation because that city does believe that Rocky is real. No one calls me Sylvester, it's Rocky.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Real, Believe, Cities

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• The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe.

  Frank Rizzo

  Funny, People, Dumb

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• Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night

  W. C. Fields

  Night, Towns, Wonderful

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• You know what they call a good looking girl in Philadelphia... a tourist.

  Jerry Lawler

  Girl, Tourists, Looking Good

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

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• Philadelphia is a depressing intellectual slum

  Albert C. Barnes

  Depressing, Intellectual, Slums

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• First prize was a week in Philadelphia. Second prize was two weeks.

  W. C. Fields

  Two, Firsts, Week

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• I drink no cider, but feast on Philadelphia beer.

  John Adams

  Beer, Cider, Drink

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• Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.

  H. L. Mencken

  Cities, World, American Cities

  H. L. Mencken (2010). “The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States”, p.152, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Philadelphia is the only city, where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day.

  Mike Schmidt

  Reading, Agony, Cities

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• If you're associated with the Philadelphia media or town, you look for negatives. I don't know if there's something about their upbringing or they have too many hoagies, or too much cream cheese.

  Mike Schmidt

  Media, Cheese, Looks

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• Yes, Philadelphia is horrible, but in a very interesting way. There were places there that had been allowed to decay, where there was so much fear and crime that just for a moment there was an opening to another world. It was fear, but it was so strong, and so magical, like a magnet, that your imagination was always sparking in PhiladelphiaI just have to think of Philadelphia now, and I get ideas, I hear the wind, and I'm off into the darkness somewhere.

  David Lynch

  Strong, Thinking, Wind

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• But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Moving, Writing

  "Bayh Indictment of Washington Causes Little Soul Searching". www.foxnews.com. February 21, 2010.

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• I love you Philadelphia. I want to thank you for accepting me, and letting me be me and make this my home forever.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Love You, Home

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• In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?

  Mark Twain

  New York, Boston, America

  "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us" (1895) See Disraeli 10

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• I see far stronger and more charismatic personalities strolling around Philadelphia's neighborhoods than are being featured in most of today's bland daytime soaps.

  Camille Paglia

  Personality, Stronger, Today

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• I eat stickers all the time dude!

  Charlie Day

  Always Sunny, Sunny Day, Macs

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• Cats do not abide by the laws of nature.

  Charlie Day

  Cat, Law, Always Sunny

  "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Mac and Dennis Break Up". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between.

  James Carville

  Pennsylvania, Alabama, Pittsburgh

  "Does Joe Sestak Have A Chance?" by Stephen Robert Morse, www.motherjones.com. August 4, 2009.

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• I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.

  David Lynch

  Said, Unkind

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

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