Chicago Quotes
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The competition started in Chicago in the '60s when lead singer Kevin (Cronin) was in a band in south Chicago and the members of STYX were in another and they were archrivals.
Neal Doughty REO Speedwagon
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I live in Chicago, but my work is always in New York or L.A., so I always have to travel for my job.
Kristin Cavallari
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I got traded in the middle of an injury - my ankle injury - so in '09, I came back and just kind of flukishly had some success. I was far, far from healthy. I came back in 2010 still nursing that ankle injury. Yeah, it was a rough, rough go. My first few years in Chicago were not much fun.
Jake Peavy
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Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas.
Dennis Franz
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The good things about Chicago save me on a daily basis, like getting to work with my students, seeing a beautiful part of the city, or seeing the people that I love.
Jamila Woods
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I'm looking forward to working for the 'Tribune' because any company that can invest in the Chicago Cubs has a view of the future we cannot begin to comprehend.
Jeff MacNelly
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I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a renewal of confidence in the future of our city and a revival of opportunity for all Chicago.
Jane Byrne
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I did say, at Chicago, in my speech there, that I do wish to see the spread of slavery arrested and to see it placed where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction.
Abraham Lincoln
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Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
Jane Byrne
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I knew I wanted to be an actor for a long time, but I was based out of Chicago and then I went to New York and I did 'The Upright Citizens Brigade' out there. I had a two-man show with a guy named Oliver Ralli who's now in the band Pass Kontrol, which is a big band out of New York.
Jake Johnson
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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
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A lot of people who voted for Barack Obama expected and were led to expect something new in politics: a new tone of political discourse in Washington. And I think - I think they're disappointed, because Barack Obama is not a new kind of politician. In fact, he's an old Chicago politician.
Bernard Goldberg
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I grew up in Chicago, but when I was 12, I came to New York because I was doing an episode of 'Law & Order.'
Keke Palmer
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When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.
Luther Allison
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It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
Dan Quayle
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New York's got a little rougher edge to it than Chicago.
Frank Vincent
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I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.
Dennis Farina
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I grew up in Batavia, Ill., a small town out in the corn fields, west of Chicago. It was boring.
Craig Sager
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I just wanted to see every single musical I could. The very first one I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' the only one I could get tickets for, and then 'Les Miserables' and then 'Chicago.'
America Ferrera
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For over 20 years, I have been saying that Chicago is by far one of the greatest food cities in the world.
Charlie Trotter
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I don't know where people think I'm from, but I'm from Chicago. It's really just that. People wanna romanticize it and say, 'There's two sides to it, and it's a beautiful love/hate story of violence and music.' But it's really just a very scummy place where people don't have respect for other people's lives.
Chance The Rapper
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I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.
Lionel Hampton
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I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often.
Dave Eggers
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I'm very into film and strengthening what it means to be a rapper and to be a black dude from Chicago.
Chance The Rapper