Windy City Quotes

I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.

Anybody who has been to Chicago has a very positive view. But not everybody has come to Chicago, and in many ways, Chicago is an undiscovered treasure. It punches below its weight internationally.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

The people of Chicago are a proud people - and for good reason.

Mr. Mayor. I've decided the best place for the '68 [Democratic] convention is Chicago! You are the one who can handle it!

People in Chicago are so cool! They are different; they're friendly and just genuinely happy. Everyone's so polite and sweet. They even look cool.

I think Chicago's a great city. Like New York, it's full of energy.

I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city.

I loved the city of Chicago, and I love the Reinsdorfs. I'm forever grateful for them in taking a chance on me, allowing me to become the player that I am today. It's still incredible to me that I got to hoop in a Bulls jersey.

People are always telling me to shut up about Chicago.

I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town.

Chicago is home for me.

Chicago is a wonderful, vibrant city with wonderful food cultures to it, wonderful talent downtown.

I love Chicago. I love Wrigley Field.

Chicago is an amazing place for sports.

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special.

I work for the Chicago Cubs, a team with a following so loyal and adoring and a history so forlorn that we were known nationwide as the Loveable Losers.

I love Chicago.

Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York, no one expects you to be a professional writer.

Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie March' here. But I love writing about Chicago, and I love being there and imagining lives in Chicago. I hope to set something there in the future, but it's intimidating.

Chicago is a fantastic city, and I can easily see the Olympics setting themselves right here in Chicago.

It's a tough town, it's a loving town, it's a supportive town, and that's why so many great news people, journalists have come through Chicago or are from Chicago.

I'm from Chicago, so you know we come from juking and footwork.

I'll always love the city of Chicago.