Quotes About Chicago Fire

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“If Chicago Fire goes for a long run, maybe Ill look for a place, but in my line of work, you cant throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. Im not big on things, though, so I dont own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldnt know where to put them.”
— Taylor Kinney —

“In the immediate aftermath of the great Chicago fire, a business proprietor erected a shack in front of his burned-out business. On a sign, he placed his name and the tagline that everything was gone but wife, children, and energy.”

— H.W. Brands

“Before the Great Chicago Fire, no one took notice of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, two Irish immigrants who lived with their five children on the city's West Side.”

— Karen Abbott

“If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.”

— Taylor Kinney

“Two Types Excitable A woman was depressed and distraught for days after losing her pen. Then she became so excited about an ad for a shoe sale that she drove three hours to a shoe store in Chicago. Phlegmatic A man spotted a fire in a dormitory one evening, and walked away to look for an extinguisher in another building. He found the extinguisher, and walked back to the fire with it.”

— Lydia Davis

“I am surprised that Chicago-the Big-Shouldered City-is so trifling that they won't let you eat in a restaurant if it's on fire. Even if you already paid.”

— Jill Conner Browne

“They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.”

— Al Capone

“A good many preachers say I am lowering the pulpit. I am glad I am. I am trying to get it down to the level of men's hearts. If I wanted to hit Chicago I would not put the cannon on the top of this building and fire into the air. Too many preachers fire into the air.”