Famous Quotes & Sayings

But Chicago is not just downtown and the Loop. It's really a city of neighborhoods, too.

Maurice Cheeks

I thought Chicago had more energy, that's for sure.

Barry Ritholtz

Maybe the reason the VIX has dropped so low is that the options guys in Chicago are so exhausted from watching the Cubs,

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.

Obviously, Chicago is a great market to be a part of. It's a great, great job in a great, great market, so I think there are going to be plenty of candidates.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LaTroy Hawkins

I'm excited. I heard (Greg) Maddux talk about him when I was in Chicago all the time. He's a pitcher's pitching coach. I talked to him for 45 minutes. He's a little spark plug.

Shirley Franklin

I like Chicago and Mayor Daley, ... But I love Atlanta. And, in this case, we are the big fish.

It was just a matter of Chicago being more prepared to play tonight. We've stressed all year that we have to take it game-by-game.

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.

John Paxson

This is a very easy decision for the organization and I am extremely excited to watch these players continue to develop as Chicago Bulls.

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.

Daniel Smith

It's very, very important symbolically to have Chicago become smoke free because it's the leader in the Midwest and it will have a trickle down effect. This is part of a national trend this is just now starting in the Midwest.

Mike Nichols

It took me forever, learning improvisation, because I had studied with Lee Strasberg - I dropped out of Chicago and went to his classes in New York for a couple of years, once or twice a week. What I didn't realize was I was learning directing because he wasn't all that good about acting, not for me.