Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ozzie Guillen

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

Daniel Clowes

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

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.

Joseph Allen

I reminded them they are not alone, ... The churches in Chicago are praying for them and they are taking up collections for them.

Dan Wheldon

We obviously lost some ground toward the championship, which makes Chicago a very important race, ... I'm hoping we can get back in the swing of things.

Julius Peppers

Who would have thought that vaunted Chicago defense would have given up 29?

Robert Harris

Writing a novel - unlike operating a piece of heavy machinery, say, or cooking a chicken - is not a skill that can be taught. There is no standard way of doing it, just as there is no means of telling, while you're doing it, whether you're doing it well or badly. And merely because you've done it well once doesn't mean you can do it well again.

Shawn Amos

Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors.

Mark Harmon

At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff - there are rehearsals separated from the rest of the show to try and make it as realistic as possible.

As scientists, we don't want to be Chicken Little and say the sky is falling,

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 nerve-racking, I must say, ... I'm probably going to have to do my opening monologue in a chicken outfit or something.

Al Groh

It's really still pretty early, ... We're only at the halfway mark. At that stage, I think it's too early to get hyped up about whether you have a great team and it's a little premature to be running around like Chicken Little saying, 'The sky is falling.'

Gary Burghoff

As a child of five, I ran away from home, but much to my embarrassment I was returned the next day before the FBI could get on the case. A disgusted sewer worker had complained that I did the worst chicken imitation he had ever seen.

Keith Anderson

That's Chicago and back on a gallon, $2.65.

Executives in New York or Chicago usually talk about retiring somewhere else. That's not going to happen with Bill. He will be a big part of this community.

The kids had macaroni and chicken fingers, and that was looking pretty good. We didn't get any.

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 probably won't pass, but what we're most concerned with is that (Wal-Mart) shareholders hear about the cruel ways in which Wal-Mart chickens are treated and the humane alternative to that process.

I told the team the season is not over until after game 82. The eighth (playoff) spot to me is still anybody's and still up for grabs. Chicago doesn't think they are out of it, and we don't think we are out of it, either. We are just going to continue to play hard.

Dusty Baker

It's not over with yet. You don't know if somebody is going to offer Sammy a job here soon or what is going to happen. But Sammy has been one of the great players of the game for a long time and a guy who meant a lot to Chicago and a lot to the game. . . . I just hope he gets a job somewhere.

Jane Green

For me, 'Bookends' marks the start of my foray into commercial fiction, away from what has always been thought of as more traditional chick lit - single girl in the city trips around in Manolos looking for Mr. Right.

Calvin Trillin

Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense.

It's one of his first appearances in the Chicago area.

Ozzie Guillen

The fans in Chicago waited so long with so much patience and were still there for us, rooting for us for I don't know how many years. Good thing we did it.

Tyson Chandler

I'm ecstatic that this contract is done. To know that I will be in Chicago for the next six years is definitely a dream.

Martina Navratilova

I'm not involved in sport, I'm commited.""Do you know the difference?""Think of eggs and ham!""The chicken is involved but the pig is commited!