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Philadelphia

«Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.»
«If you're associated with the Philadelphia media or town, you look for negatives. I don't know if there's something about their upbringing or they have too many hoagies, or too much cream cheese.»
«I'll play first, third, left. I'll play anywhere - except Philadelphia.»
Author: Richie Allen | About: Play | Keywords: Philadelphia
«Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.»
«Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as Los Angeles, as sensuous as San Francisco, as brainy as Boston, as proper as Philadelphia, as brawny as Chicago, as warm as Palm Springs, as friendly as my adopted home town of Dallas, Fort Worth, and as peaceful as the inland waterway that rubs up against my former home in Virginia Beach.»
«I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.»
Author: W. C. Fields (Actor, Comic) | Keywords: Philadelphia, spent, Sunday
«In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?»
«The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their ''Hub',' as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustles and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. Baltimore is amusing for a week, but Philadelphia is dreadfully provincial; and though one can dine in New York one could not dwell there.»
«Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.»
Author: W. C. Fields (Actor, Comic) | Keywords: closed, Philadelphia, week, went
«Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.»