Cleveland Quotes

In Cleveland there is legislation moving forward to ban people from wearing pants that fit too low. However, there is lots of opposition from the plumber` union.

- Conan O'Brien

The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.

- Terrence Howard

No, I don`t think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland.

- Frank Robinson

It`s nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.

- Frank Robinson

Paul Newman`s an old friend of ours out of Cleveland, Ohio. He used to sit around our house. He`s the only man I`ve ever known to drink a case of beer all by himself. That`s talent in a way.

- Lew Wasserman

There are other centers in the Valley, but we`re different because we are the only full-service reproductive center, ... Out patients don`t have to drive to Cleveland or Pittsburgh for anything, we can do it all here. It`s especially nice with our bad winters.

- Robert Collins

Other cities such as Indianapolis, Cleveland, San Jose, etc. understood that they must make a considerable investment in their downtown regions.

- Alan Autry

At first I wanted to be a jockey. I rode horses in Cleveland but I kept falling off and I was afraid of horses. So there wasn`t much of a future in it.

- Tim Conway

I love the normalcy of Cleveland. There`s regular people there.

- Drew Carey

Cleveland backed the gold standard, which detractors believed hurt the farmers and small business owners. Sibley did not support that...(and) had the wherewithal to stand up in Congress and tell the president he was wrong.

- Jack Baker

We`ve had people from Texas, northern Wisconsin, Toledo, Cleveland. We`ve had lots of people from Ann Arbor and Detroit.

- Sally Potter

Warrick can play, man. Warrick can play. Go back to (when he was with) Cleveland, and especially back in Chicago. He can play, no question about it. The man has talent. He can play.

- LaVar Arrington

And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career, going to the World Series.

- Dave Winfield

I`m now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians.

- Eddie Murray

If I don`t play this series, I`ll be playing against Cleveland (on Friday), unless something drastic happens. I`m just trying to get out there as quick as possible. Each day feels a little better.

- Shannon Stewart

Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history.

- Fred Willard

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.

- Harvey Pekar

Playing to win is the attitude you have to have, to go out there every night and try and compete. I`ve done it (in Cleveland) before, and I feel I can again. But it would be kind of sad to leave this family, too. It`s a great bunch of guys.

- Jason Davis

We are Boston, Glasgow is Cleveland.

- John McKay

Cleveland is the place I grew up and lived much of my adult life, so it will always be a part of my soul.

- Mark Edwards

I watched him in Cleveland at my last fight. He`s tough, strong and fast but I`m up for the challenge. I respect the man but once you`ve beaten Mike Tyson these guys don`t hold any fear for me. Once I`ve won the title I`d love to get in there with the Beast and take his belt as well.

- Kevin McBride

There is no political lobby fighting to get a team back in Los Angeles, as there was in Cleveland, Houston, Baltimore or St. Louis.

- Leigh Steinberg

There was a group of (fans) in Cleveland I had and wanted to bring it to Boston. I would have brought it in last year, but I didn`t know how long I was going to be here with the Celtics and how it was all going to turn out. I like the Celtics now and feel like this is my home.

- Ricky Davis

(on being told he was being awarded an honorary knighthood) What an honor and what a surprise for a boy born in England, raised in Cleveland and schooled in vaudeville.

- Bob Hope

In a sense, I blame ourselves - together with the mass media - for what has happened in Watts, Harlem, Chicago, Cleveland, Omaha.

- Stokely Carmichael

I think it`s going to be a call to action for many organizations in Cleveland.

- Rebecca Ryan

We need to come out focused. Our goal is to get to Cleveland, and then take one game at a time.

- Jamie Wilson

I have enjoyed the years enormously in Cleveland and especially in Baltimore.

- Art Modell

You take all that heritage away from Denver, how different are we from Indianapolis or Cleveland? It`s a crucial part of our identity.

- Alison Lewis

There is much boasting among the young men about their teams as their horse and carts in Cleveland. Most of the Yorkshire men take as much delight in their ox draught as they used to do in their Horse Draught.

- Amerigo Vespucci

The `Idol` bus picked him up at the hospital for a 10-hour drive to Cleveland, ... A doctor came back stage before the show to check on him. He said that as clean as the break was, the bone should begin mending itself. If it doesn`t, he might have to have surgery. But I can tell you that he won`t miss a single beat until the concert series ends. He pumps up the cast for 30 minutes each day for some type of self-treatment.

- Andy Mousalimas

That was the time of the ghettos. You read about the black ghetto on the east side of Cleveland, and the crime and the poor housing conditions.

- Anne Martens

Every time I look at the tape -- at how skinny and how little I was -- it brings back those memories, ... I played with some great guys that year in Cleveland. It`s kind of tough to put it away.

- Arthur Levitt

I knew about the Cardiac Kids and all those guys. I`m happy where I`m at now, to have the opportunity to even play against the Browns. It doesn`t really matter where you start, it`s how you finish. Who knows, maybe one of these years, I may be finishing my career in Cleveland or Cincinnati.

- Atul Nishar

Maybe we can put some fear in them, They have a single-digit lead (over Cleveland) now, so you know they`re starting to feel the effects. And that`s half the battle, to see how people handle things.

- Bambang Harymurti