10 Great Quotes That Say Everything About Chicago

"Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world." - Frank Lloyd Wright

"They do things big, big I tells ya: Mike Ditka big. Michael Jordan big. Bill Murray big. Oprah! It's one cultural Mount Everest after another." - Anthony Bourdain

"I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype. New York is talk. Chicago is work." - Michael Douglas

"It's a 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes; it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it!" - Elwood & Joliet Jake, The Blues Brothers

"I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February." - Gary Cole

"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

"Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest—people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago, and what a good culture we’ve got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago." - Harold Ramis

"Guys, you're Chicago. You're the home of Laurie Metcalf and Jessie Mueller and Steppenwolf. And a million, a million, a million brilliant theater practitioners." — Lin-Manuel Miranda on why he chose Chicago for the first touring city for Hamilton

"I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America." - Sarah Bernhardt

"Let me tell you something. I’m from Chicago. I don’t break." - Barack Obama