Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ice is pretty expensive, but it's a lot more expensive in Chicago or Detroit than it is here. So, we can get a lot more ice time, and they can practice more.

Chris Shelton

He's nasty. That's why the Yankees went and got him and that's why Chicago has him now. He's going to be huge for them in the playoffs.

Mike Johnston

He's not saying there will be six more weeks of winter in Chicago or Philadelphia or Cleveland, but there will be somewhere.

David Thomas

I don't necessarily think Chicago is the fattest city.

Huey Lewis

I was knocked out by the show, Chicago.

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.

Rick Carlisle

Our undoing was in the first half. I thought we played really well, really hard and really together. It's hard to dig yourself out of that big of a hole. We have to learn something from the last two games. We got fortunate in Chicago because we were able to pull it out when we played a poor first half. But we weren't able to get over the hump (Monday).

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.

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.

David Hobson

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

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.

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.

Maurice Cheeks

We can't have games like San Antonio and Chicago anymore. That's not going to cut it. We have to be on the floor competing night in and night out.

We have to want to play. There is no excuse. ... Thankfully, Chicago keeps losing games. We are still in the playoffs so we have to stay with it and keep trying.

Dan Wheldon

Today was a very disappointing day. We had some serious fueling problems throughout the race. Unfortunately, we were not able to get the finish we needed and that is very frustrating. 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.

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.

Gordon Bethune

You know how Chicago works? You're either on United or American; that's it, ... You take what they give you at the same fare, which means the whole United States would look like Chicago.

We've got some weighty numbers tomorrow, with consumer sentiment and Chicago PMI due.

Dave Allen

Virtually everything a corporation needs to survive is right here, ... Chicago is the right way for us to go.

Without him in the mix, you have two run-oriented teams. With Chicago being home, I probably would have gone with Chicago. Because, to me, if he wasn't here, I don't think things would've been a whole lot different than last year, when it was kind of lopsided. You had Santana with a lot of catches; I think the tight end was next. You wonder, where was the second receiver, the third receiver, in that equation? But seeing what coach Saunders did in Kansas City ... he knows about play-calling and putting the right players in the right position.

We are drafting a letter we are sending to all the companies in the Chicago metro area. The letter includes a description of the importance of the march and gives workers something they can walk into human resources with.

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?

Dave Eggers

I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often.

David Mamet

In Chicago, we love our crooks!

We see it a lot better. Over the past couple of days, that's been the focus. I think we've gotten better at it already. Not that we're the Chicago Bulls, but we've gotten a lot better since the Big East tournament. Everyone is contributing more, whether it's a hard cut or the right screen, it's a collection of everything.

Ozzie Guillen

We're the 2006 Chicago White Sox, not the 2005.

You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz.