“I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.”
Oprah Winfrey
“Chicago ain't no sissy town.”
Hinky Dink Kenna
“You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.”
Ralph Kiner
“If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi”
Andre Maurois
“I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.”
Andy Warhol
“If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair”
J. B. Phillips