#chicago

When I close my eyes to draw I always think Chicago in 1975. ↗

— Daniel Clowes

#chicago #close #draw #eyes #i

Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer. ↗

— James Cronin

#chicago #christmas #family #our #summer

It's nice to be able to work; I'd love to be able to do another TV show I could do in Chicago so I could live and work in the same place. It's hard being a parent and being in a good marriage, and it all takes a lot of work, but if you're not there you can't do any of it. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#another #any #being #chicago #could

I believe the way I describe the problems in Chicago is that it's a metropolitan area. I've said that everywhere. The uneducated child is not just my problem, it's the state's problem. It's also the federal government's problem. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#area #believe #chicago #child #describe

Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#big #booster #bud #came #chicago

I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#bicycle #bikes #chicago #conscious #down

I’ve officially turned into a loser,” she whispered cynically. “I’m looking forward to going home and having cereal for dinner and walking Mitchell and studying a little and then going to sleep. I’ve had my ‘going out and having fun’ quota for the year, I guess, and it’s June. ↗

— Daniel Amory

#city #downtown #dream #law-school-school #love

One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ he said. ‘Kids aren’t getting jobs.’ You never hear faculty talk that way. He did. ↗

— Daniel Amory

#adventure #chicago #city #downtown #dream

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio. ↗

— Mel Torme

#broadway #chicago #films #hollywood #hub

Living in Dallas, I root for the Mavericks and the Stars and the Cowboys, but I've always pulled for the Chicago Cubs. I enjoy watching them play. ↗

— Lee Trevino

#chicago #chicago cubs #cowboys #cubs #dallas