#philadelphia

Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#here #i #lies #living #philadelphia

Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

#boarding school #bus #few #home #i

Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia. ↗

— Nancy Meyers

#cheesecake #commissioned #company #get #had

Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#i #last #philadelphia #week #went

I'll play first, third, left. I'll play anywhere - except Philadelphia. ↗

— Richie Allen

#except #first #i #left #philadelphia

In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#days #even #feels #looked #now

Girls Incorporated of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey continues to advance their cause and to strengthen their community by aspiring to open a Girl's Center for Philadelphia. ↗

— Robert Brady

#aspiring #cause #center #community #continues

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#camden #dull #exciting #jersey #merely

In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#distinguished #first #first time #had #honor

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#daughter #distinguished #hon #john #lawyer