Chicago Quotes - page 14

I left Chicago many years ago to move to California. You can't help but live a healthy lifestyle here if you want to fit in. I find myself eating chicken and salad and chicken and salad and salad and chicken, like a monk. (James Belushi)
When I come to Chicago, I gorge myself. I get off the plane and start with Gene and Jude's for two hot dogs with everything, swing by The Fudge Pot for a taffy apple and a turtle, chocolate clusters at Sarah's Pastries and Candies and steak at Smith and Wollensky. I find time for Gino's pizza within the next 12 hours. View quote
James Belushi
I was so glad to get out of the cotton patch and stop pickin' cotton, I wouldn't of cared who come by and said, 'I'll take you to Chicago.' View quote
Koko Taylor
Before the Great Chicago Fire, no one took notice of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, two Irish immigrants who lived with their five children on the city's West Side. View quote
Karen Abbott
It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records. View quote
Kaskade
I came to New York when I was eighteen years old, and the first audition that I ever went to was this huge cattle call at the Equity building where I had gone two days earlier to sign up - I didn't have an agent or anything. It was for 'Chicago.' There were probably three hundred people there. View quote
Kate Levering
I did a lot of theater in the South side of Chicago. View quote
Kel Mitchell
Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago. View quote
Lincoln Steffens
I grew up on the Southside of Chicago. What people don't realize is that my father was a multimillionaire who owned 12 hotels, motels, a steel mill, a radio station, a club, nursing home, and a law office. So I think it's safe to say I'm a little above middle class and I'm a daddy's girl. View quote
LisaRaye McCoy-Misick
I grew up in Chicago, IL. I've got three siblings. View quote
Lamorne Morris
Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago. (Lara Flynn Boyle)
I just thought that I had had my fill for a while and wanted to have a family. My husband was moving to Chicago for his job. And so I went along. And it was a great thing that I did. View quote
Lauren Holly
Food in Chicago is the best. View quote
Lee DeWyze
There are so many good venues in Chicago. View quote
Lee DeWyze
If you've ever lived in Chicago, anyone who has, they know what a winter in Chicago is like. To be going through a tough time here in the winter would be just be all the more worse. View quote
Lee DeWyze
Every year, my family and I would go visit my moms family in Texas. We would drive from Chicago to Texas, and once we started to get towards San Antonio, everyone looked like me! It was such a great feeling. Everyone had the same brown skin that I did. View quote
Marisol Nichols
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. View quote
Allison Tolman
My family background is Mexican, and I was born in Chicago. It's pretty much family tradition every time we get together for Christmas and major holidays to sing. Our family time is centered around the food and a little bit of performing for one another. View quote
Ailyn Perez
I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston. View quote
Douglas Wood
While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I'm able. View quote
Douglas Wood
I always thought moving to New York would mean starting over in theater, because I had great work in Chicago and didn't want to become a waitress here. (Jessie Mueller)
My mom was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School, in 1946. She had leadership roles in the law, in government and the corporate world. She was a great role model in that she felt anything was possible. View quote
John W. Rogers, Jr.
I did Chicago on Broadway the year before last. That was a great opportunity and I had a blast. View quote
Kevin Richardson
I've done all of them except for Oprah. My shoes were on Oprah but they ran out of time so I wasn't on. I left my shoes in Chicago so they could put them on the show. View quote
Matthew McGrory
In '75, the year both A Chorus Line and Chicago hit Broadway, my head spun around and I became the ultimate theater queen for life. View quote
Michael Musto