Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Garfield

There was a revolution going on at home. Why didn't I earn some money? Why didn't I do something practical, like chicken farming?

There was an old saying that 95 percent of all wine sold is in the Chicago metro area, with 5 percent of that outside Chicago well, 3 percent of that is Champaign-Urbana. The strongest wine market outside Chicago is Champaign-Urbana.

Sometimes it's hard to pinpoint what exactly has changed. We were talking earlier about the Chicago White Sox who have lost something like seven straight. All teams have their streaks. Every club goes through these struggles.

Studs Terkel

Studs could have grown up in New York, Chicago or any dirty, industrial city full of conflict, hustle and color. He could definitely not have grown up in San Francisco or L.A.

Tim Thomas

That is what you work for. The whole Chicago situation was what it was -- pretty much nothing. I spent that time wisely working out and constantly shooting and getting prepared for this situation right here.

Supervalu has offered to sell off its Cub Food stores in Chicago where it competes with (Albertsons') Jewel chain.

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

The news today is just the tip of the iceberg for L & H. This is a classic story of the chicken coming home to roost.

The Norris is delighted to present the West Suburban Symphony Orchestra and Singers. This concert not only showcases one of the finest classical ensembles in the Chicago area, but it offers the local community a perfect way to observe the historic milestone of Mozart's 250th birthday.

It was a small farm, and we have already destroyed a total 3,500 chickens there.

It's a decision the whole family has to make; there are four other heirs, we haven't wanted to count the chickens before they hatch. Let's let it sink in a little bit. No decision has been made yet.

It's a real shame we couldn't win our last home game and keep our streaks going. Chicago showed why they are going to the playoffs. I feel I didn't do a good job coaching. It was a disappointing game.

It's kinda like which comes first, the chicken or the egg.

Nick Cannon

It's just that when I filmed 'Shall We Dance' in Chicago with Jennifer Lopez, she didn't see the need to do a love scene with me.

It's a schizophrenic decade. I think it will also be known for the high-low effect. Everyone knows that chic people wear $10 T-shirts with $2,000 blazers.

It's a big number to a little chicken company in Georgia, but it's worth every cent.

Christine Lahti

I try to eat low-fat, but once a week I'll have a major dessert or an oily pasta. Mostly I eat fresh fruits and vegetables, chicken and fish.

Ted Thompson

It wasn't like chick movie stuff. But it was on some levels and topics that are not normally discussed.

It's an earnings per-share story. The top line is going nowhere because everyone has chicken in their refrigerator and the industry is not really tapping into new markets. But the industry is controlling costs. That's were you create value.

It's great news for Efren and everyone at the club. He will definitely be in the 14-man squad and if everything goes right, he will possibly get a 20-minute run out. But we aren't counting our chickens just yet.

Antoine Walker

It was like playing the Chicago Celtics. I like their uniforms. They look good, and they play good in their retro uniforms, too. Our retro uniforms don't work too good for us.

It's an incentive to try a practice. For example with chicken litter, you try it one time and if you like it then you're on your own next time.

It's like the chicken and the egg scenario. If you have content, then you have subscribers. And if you have a lot of subscribers then you have a lot of content ... so if we wait longer, we will see more content, more devices, and more subscribers.

It's fine; you've got to play someone like that sooner or later. It can't be any tougher than playing Illinois in Chicago (in last year's Elite Eight).

Richard McCabe

It's funny: I can never sleep between shows; I think it's because I don't like to switch the motor off. I'll probably have some chicken or pasta, though never the two together, and maybe go out for a quick wander around.

It's become the thing to do when you're in Chicago to sing during the seventh-inning stretch, ... Every day, people regularly ask, 'Who's pitching? And who's singing?'

It's like if you were gonna eat at home. You're gonna make a few vegetables and potatoes to pass around the table and I think that's kind of the gist of what a Chicago steak house is. We have a little motto here: we're not a steak house, we're a steak home.

It's nice because a group of people can go out and whoever wants that big meaty steak can have it and whoever wants the confetti chicken off the Weight Watchers menu can have that as well.

It's not going to be a quick dinner if you're braising a pot roast. ... Save slow cooking for weekends and special occasions; for weeknights, look for cutlets, thin cuts of chicken and other thin cuts of meat that will cook quickly.

A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.

Breakfast is Special K cereal. If I'm having a big meal, it's lunch instead of dinner. Some kind of wrap, like chicken for protein. For dinner, mainly vegetables. I mix it up if I go out to eat.

Ozzie Guillen

El Duque has a year left on his contract with Chicago and hopefully in that year we can make the most of him because he's a winner and knows what he needs to do on the mound.