“Look at the Chicago area. Cook County, Illinois, now has more Latinos than Arizona, New Mexico or Colorado.”
Harry Pachon
“I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough, let's go west.'”
Richard Jeni
“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
“Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.”
Alvin Dark
“It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.”
Dan Quayle
“Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.”
Dave Barry
“You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.”
Ralph Kiner