“I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.”
Sarah Bernhardt
“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
“You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.”
Ralph Kiner
“Chicago ain't no sissy town.”
Hinky Dink Kenna
“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
“[Chicago politicians are already denouncing the Bank of America pledge to fund Black history programs as] miniscule. ... a poor showing for an institution of this magnitude.”
Ed Smith
“It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.”
Dan Quayle
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