Illinois Quotes

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"We`re not as crazy as we used to be. Nobody`s laid out with a jones anymore. Now we know what we have to do and we do it. What`s fun is getting to meet all the people whose music we listen to. It`s a gas! We met Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick ... he was the greatest! He hung out with us when we played Rockford, Illinois and he got totally plastered! No more tequila for you Rick! When he pulled that stuff out, I knew there`d be problems. What a wild guy. We loved him. When we left him, he was sacked out on the floor."

- Izzy Stradlin

He`s a good man and good father - on her ex husband Jack Ryan who is running for US Senator in Illinois

- Jeri Ryan

Being at the University of Illinois for the past 28 years has meant so much to me. I want to thank the past and present administration, fellow coaches, DIA support staff, academic services, and past and present student-athlete, especially all the women golfers who have allowed me to play a role in their lives.

- Paula Smith

At half-past six on a Friday evening in January, Lincoln International Airport, Illinois, was functioning, though with difficulty.

- Arthur Hailey

(An appeals court found that Illinois Tool works was guilty of tying.) Typically courts require in a tying lawsuit that you show that a company has market power, which is the ability to control the price that you sell the product for because there are no real competitors, ... In this case, the appeals court said that since this printer is a patented product, the existence of that patent is enough to say that you have market power.

- David Price

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.

- Dick Van Dyke

Since last August the University of Illinois has taken a deliberative, measured approach to the NCAA policy, and that would appear to be what the NCAA is doing in this case. It`s good that rather than try to rush to a decision shortly before the policy goes into affect, the NCAA says it is going to give some deliberative review to these appeals.

- Tom Hardy

(But as) I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid T-Shirt ... they wake up with Pete Wentz from Illinois.

- Peter Wentz

The Illinois Conference of Churches regards the granting of an exemption to any government entity for expedient purposes of economic development to be a gross violation of the religious freedom secured by this nation`s laws and constitution,

- David Anderson

By law we have to have so much money in reserves, ... (Illinois Environmental Protection Agency) was saying our reserves weren`t enough.

- Gary Graham

(After a parade of Scarlet Knights went down late - and prompted a parade of on-field trainers` visits in the process - Illinois QB Tim Brasic charged them with) faking cramping. ... They weren`t cramping when they were winning.

- Jason Davis

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Meyer family, ... Steve was a devoted Republican and member of the Illinois Republican Party who worked hard to build our state organization and advance its principles. He served our state party well with his leadership, passion and hard work. He will be greatly missed.

- Ron Smith

Gun violence victims in the state are very excited and grateful for his candidacy. We cannot imagine much that could be more positive for Illinois families than getting Dan, and others like him, into the Legislature.

- Jennifer Bishop

The gun lobby`s leaders said today in Springfield that banning assault weapons would injure Illinois economically to the tune of $150 million and cost the state 750 jobs. Are Illinois residents really buying $150 million a year worth of assault weapons? If so, I urge the Legislature to move as quickly as possible on this proposal, because we have a bigger problem than we realized.

- Jennifer Bishop

It is past time for the state to act to get these weapons off the streets, and Illinois should set an example for Indiana to follow.

- Jennifer Bishop

The best factor is avoid known mine areas. In Illinois, there have been over 4,000 mines, and we`re in the process of trying to get every mine map that we possibly can and eventually those will be available online. Now they can look at the Illinois Geological Survey.

- Robert Gibson

The state of Illinois had $17 million to spend, with requests for $67 million,

- John Sullivan

It`s an opportunity for us, as educators, to make the connections that the world`s a bigger place than Olney, Illinois, and on the flip side, even though they are in Olney, Illinois, they can have an impact on other parts of the country or on other parts of the world,

- Chris Simpson

He was supposed to wear my (college) jersey during warmups. I couldn`t find one. I made him wear a bright orange Illinois T-shirt.

- Brian Cook

In the grand scheme of things, on a national level, Chicago and Illinois have a leg up in comparison to a good portion of the rest of the country.

- Patrick Kelly

(The only other team that has matched that feat is Illinois, whose two stars made an impression on Robinson over the summer.) I observed the way Dee and Deron played at the Nike Camp (in Indianapolis), ... They share the ball well; I mean, they average about 13 points apiece and they could both score 20 -- they do what they have to do to help the team.

- Nate Robinson

It will help tremendously with recruiting. We will have probably one of the nicest facilities within the state of Illinois and definitely within our conference.

- Eric Klein

Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.

- Alan Burton

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.

- Alan Burton

It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments.

- Alan Uke

Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.

- Alan Uke

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

- Alex Montgomery

In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year.

- Alger Boyer

Tax reform and expanded trade are going to be so important to the economy of Illinois, particularly the 11th Congressional District, which is a major manufacturing and a major agricultural district.

- Ali Taqi

Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers.

- Allan Cribbins

But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed.

- Allan Cribbins

Illinois corn farmers are the Nation`s number two exporter of feed grains.

- Allan Cribbins

Here in Illinois it`s known as Kid Care, and I talked about expanding it to family care. So if you work full- time, you get health care.

- Amy McFarland

Chicago is not separate or independent from the state of Illinois. We have major corporations here. Look at our business community.

- Amy Zeihen

Let`s put aside the politics and trust the people. Let`s embrace the unique opportunity we all have; take the heat and make the hard and difficult decisions, knowing that we`re doing it to make things better for the people of Illinois.

- Andre Cita

Under Illinois law, these captive customers are entitled to regulated rates and consumer protections that have been in place for almost a century,

- Andrzej Gaska

We have a lot of information to sift through. There are 5,100 gas stations in Illinois, ... All you have to do is go out on the street and look up to see how much gas has gone up. We are making determinations as to whether or not there is a legitimate reason for that or whether or not we are being exploited.

- Andrzej Gaska

We must keep pace with our neighboring states to ensure that Illinois doesn`t become the meth shopping mall of the Midwest,

- Andrzej Gaska

I thought we generated some good scoring chances, ... They took the game to us in the first 45 minutes.  However, I thought we did a better job in the second half.  Illinois State is a good team.  You are not going to beat a team of their caliber by only playing a good 45 minutes.

- Andy Burnham

What success I achieved in the theater is due to the fact that I have always worked just as hard when there were ten people in the house as when there were thousands. Just as hard in Springfield, Illinois as on Broadway.

- Anees Ahmed

I did not feel that we were in sync. I think you have to give Illinois some credit for that but I also think you have to give us some blame.

- Ann Owen

It was early in the year and we`ve looked forward to competing against them later in the year, ... They`ve obviously improved a lot over the course of the year and they beat Illinois, Penn State and Rhode Island. We`re the only top-four team they haven`t beaten.

- Anthony Gurley

Illinois State helped us recruit him.

- Art Alvarez

(Cathey) is an outstanding football prospect. Illinois was in here a couple of weeks ago and was very impressed with him on film.

- Art Keeble

When you`re looking at California, Texas, New York, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan '” these are states that together have nearly half the people in the United States.

- Astrid van Genderen Stort

Being able to offer the winner two free trips to Disney will really make The United Way Golf Ball Drop stand out as far as fundingraising events go in west central Illinois,

- Avery Goldstein