Famous Quotes & Sayings

Buddy Guy

When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.

Robert Bell

When you use Microsoft Outlook from the Indianapolis or Chicago office, there's no difference in performance compared to Dearborn.

We were at the Argonne Lab in Chicago on Monday collecting data, and by Thursday we were able to deposit two solved protein structures in the Protein Data Bank.

Tom Petty kept his price very low compared to his contemporaries. Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire did, too, when they paired up for a tour, and it was very successful.

Desiree Rogers

We have not really advertised Chicago internationally.

Rodney Harrison

We're not a dynasty, we're just a good football team, and we've been a good football team since I've been here. The Chicago Bulls, they were a dynasty. They were a dynasty for six years, but once you lose, you're not a dynasty any more. I don't know how long dynasties last, but it seems like they don't last very long in professional sports nowadays.

Bob Wickman

The pitching is a big core. You look at the Chicago White Sox, what they did last year, the New York Yankees, when they were in their heyday, they had pitching and that's what wins championships. You're very seldom going to slug it out with a team in the playoffs.

Jane Byrne

Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation.

Daniel Clowes

When I close my eyes to draw I always think Chicago in 1975.

Mike Royko

Show me the worst school districts in Detroit, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and I'll show you parents that shouldn't be raising a Chia Pet, much less a child.

Since our voluntary reporting of the problem, the Chicago Sun-Times has been committed to make fair and equitable restitution to our advertisers.

We read a quote from the president about the Chicago White Sox. He said to them, 'Hey, you went out on opening day, and you never surrendered the lead for the rest of the season.' It's a nice thing to shoot for.

George Carlin

We hope you enjoy your stay in Chicago or wherever your final destination may be.' All destinations are final. That's what it means. Destiny: final. If you haven't gotten where you're going, you aren't there yet.

Mike Quigley

The people of Chicago have made it very clear that they favor sensible restrictions on gun ownership.

Ozzie Guillen

Last year, we took a lot of heat in Chicago because they always say,

Neil Young

The people at the Chicago Tribune should be held responsible for this piece of crap,

Charlie Trotter

For over 20 years, I have been saying that Chicago is by far one of the greatest food cities in the world.

We're kind of hopeful this will lead to discussions with others in his group in the Chicago area. He's one of the nicest gentlemen we've worked with. We're just very fortunate.

Troy Murphy

We still felt the effects of the loss in Chicago and wanted to make sure they didn't outwork us. It was nice to get a lead and maintain it through the fourth.

David Hobson

You don't need Yucca Mountain to move spent fuel out of Chicago or out of Toledo.

Allison Tolman

I did a lot of commercial and theater work when I got out of school and was living in Dallas, and I moved to Chicago to go through the Second City Conservatory Program.

The rate at which we're growing lets us know we're being recognized. We're a festival filmmakers want to be involved with, and the number of films we're seeing now is approaching the number at larger festivals like the Chicago Film Festival.

Denis O'Hare

My first paying gig was a play called 'The Voice of the Prairie' at a theater that no longer exists in Chicago called Wisdom Bridge. I played a fast-talking radio huckster - a salesman of crystal sets in the 1920s - and I actually won an award. Look at that! And then promptly didn't get hired for a year.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

I really don't know the Chicago School. You see, I never walk. I always take taxis back and forth to work. I rarely see the city.

Hannibal Buress

I took an improv class in 2005 in Chicago at ComedySportz, which was short-form, more of a games-based improv. I remember it being real fun and helping with my stand-up. If I did an improv class, and then I did stand-up later, I felt looser on stage and more comfortable.

We are always looking for defensive players. A great defense will keep the team in every game, just like the Chicago Bears.

We didn't have a great February. We start out 7-0 (in the SSC), and to end up 11-5 is a little disappointing. But we talked about it (Sunday). The Chicago White Sox didn't have a great September either.

Troy Garity

If I have one special memory, it was when we recreated the trial of the Chicago Seven - and I'd known about it before - but this was a pivotal moment in my life. If my father had been found guilty of conspiracy, I wouldn't be here.

Herbie Hancock

When I was a kid, I won a contest and played a Mozart concerto with the Chicago Symphony, and I've written some movie scores, and I've been listening to orchestral music for years.

My sense is that 'business as usual' in Chicago politics is ripe for investigation.

John Parsons

On that particular day, the incidents occurred while we were transporting people to Chicago for a work day.

James Young

The studio that we mix in is still in Chicago.

I am really looking forward to Chicago because we ran very well here earlier in the year,