Chicago Quotes

• I think about Chicago as being a very actor-centered theater town, and people aren't in it to get to the next level, like movies and television. We're there for the love of the theater. So I think it fit right into my particular skill set, which is I love performing live.

  

  Jane Lynch
  • People
  • Live
  • Chicago

• The lake was always my orienting point when my dad was teaching me how to not get lost. The lake is east, so you'll always know that. It's a weird thing where you can kind of feel where you're at in Chicago, and when I was downtown, I was like, 'Oh, it feels more open over here. That must be east.' It felt like a little secret thing.

  

  Jamila Woods
  • Lost
  • Dad
  • Weird

• Chicago is the only major city in the country where you can easily buy your way out of a murder rap.

  

  Nelson Algren
  • Country
  • City
  • Rap

• When Chinese get together - what's buried stays buried. We don't even discuss our embarrassing early days struggling in Chicago.

  

  Anchee Min
  • Together
  • Chinese
  • Chicago

• The Catholic Church is an enormous footprint in Chicago, doing a lot of good. That aspiration is felt by a lot of people - that the church succeed - because it will be good for society.

  

  Blase J. Cupich
  • People
  • Good
  • Society

• After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago. When you go downtown there, it's like you're in New York, it's like going to Broadway.

  

  Kel Mitchell
  • Chicago

• I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

  

  Sarah Bernhardt
  • America
  • Chicago
  • Pulse

• On boxing For The Chicago Code, I did some boxing. It makes you stand differently when you know you can punch someone out.

  

  Jennifer Beals
  • Chicago
  • Boxing

• I think it's so dope that I'm here in Chicago and contributing to the music scene that's thriving. People are so happy Chicago's shining that everyone is willing to say 'I represent Chicago.' That wasn't always the case.

  

  Chance The Rapper
  • People
  • Music
  • Happy

• Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.

  

  John Belushi
  • Rock
  • Army
  • Chicago

• Hopefully, we'll be the team getting off to a quick start. If we're not the team getting off to a quick start, hopefully, we can stick with them. Last year, Chicago was just too tough at the beginning of the year and they just lost everybody else. We almost came back, but it fell short. Everyone says don't worry about the beginning of the season, but it is a key.

  

  Bob Wickman
  • Team
  • Worry
  • Season

• Truth be known, President Obama has never been particularly driven by principle. Right after his election, I wrote a column in a few days warning people that even though I voted for Obama, he was not what people were describing him to be. I saw him in the Senate. I saw him in Chicago.

  

  Jonathan Turley
  • People
  • Truth
  • Chicago

• I have two homes, like someone who leaves their hometown and/or parents and then establishes a life elsewhere. They might say that they're going home when they return to see old friends or parents, but then they go home as well when they go to where they live now. Sarajevo is home, Chicago is home.

  

  Aleksandar Hemon
  • Life
  • Live
  • Home

• I am in the Chicago Carpenters Union. They are huge supporters of mine and of MMA.

  

  Clay Guida
  • Chicago

• I love Chicago. It's one of the great cities. I'm crazy about the town. It reminds me of New York when it was at its best, the New York that used to be and is no more. I love the architecture, the old stuff and the new stuff.

  

  Peter Falk
  • Great
  • Crazy
  • Architecture

• The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.

  

  Eric Clapton Blind Faith
  • Water
  • Band
  • Firsts

• I'm just happy to be sitting right here in Chicago and right here at U.S. Cellular Field, holding my Hall of Fame press conference. I'm proud of that.

  

  Frank Thomas
  • Happy
  • Proud
  • Chicago

• I moved to Chicago when I was 28, and I wasn't completely idealistic about going to Second City and making a living from comedy, but I knew it would be great for the resume.

  

  Allison Tolman
  • Great
  • City
  • Comedy

• When I grew up on the south side of Chicago, it was kind of a rough neighborhood, and when my parents saw the prospect of my older sister going to middle school, high school, they decided that we would move to the north side of Chicago, Highland Park, and for me, that was a whole new ballgame.

  

  John M. Grunsfeld
  • Up
  • School
  • High

• I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.

  

  John Hughes
  • Music
  • Live
  • Chicago

• I'm playing a cop in Chicago. So I have to look beefier - like a guy who eats steak and potatoes.

  

  Jesse Lee Soffer
  • Guy
  • Chicago

• Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York, no one expects you to be a professional writer.

  

  John Green
  • Time
  • World
  • Great

• I have fallen in love with Chicago. The community here is loving, supportive, and welcoming.

  

  Alex Weisman
  • Community
  • Chicago

• I moved to Chicago and I did theater, and then I started writing and I stop acting and I did sketch. You know, I did all of the things that, if you were serious about doing television, don't do.

  

  Allison Tolman
  • Writing
  • Stop
  • Serious

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