A Quote by Hannibal Buress

In my hometown of Chicago, I'm kind of a medium deal.

Hannibal Buress

Quote Topics

Chicago Deal Hometown Kind Medium

Quote Author

Hannibal Buress
American - Comedian
Born: February 4, 1983

I know that James Brown recording where he sings about Chicago. I think he sings, like, 'Chicago, my hometown!' That's what I think of when I think of Chicago. And I think of Chicago Bulls.

Michiel Huisman

Chicago is one of the greatest places when it comes to sports. It kind of reminds me of my hometown in Split. It doesn't matter how bad the soccer team is, everybody worships the soccer, the players and the games.

Toni Kukoc

For Alkaline Trio, Chicago is our hometown. The band started there. Even though we all live in different cities now, we still call Chicago home, and it's always really exciting to come back and play for our best crowd.

Matt Skiba

There are so many talented actors in Chicago, I have to go see shows when I'm there. A lot of these actors, who I've seen when I'm in Chicago in theaters, are technically amazing and never have an opportunity to showcase it on a bigger medium.

Jacob Zachar

I'm from Chicago, so the Chicago working-class poets still mean a great deal to me.

Sandra Cisneros

Chicago is my hometown and will always have a special place in my heart.

Kenneth Choi

I was 14 when the Democratic convention in my hometown of Chicago erupted into violence. It was a tough year.

Richard Edelman

I love playing in Chicago. It's the memory lane hometown, which is really nice.

K. Flay

There are some exceptions: Chicago, my hometown, in particular. But overall in the country this is a much safer place than it used to be.

Barack Obama

When you have 4,000 people killed in Chicago by guns, from the beginning of the presidency of Barack Obama, his hometown, you have to have stop-and-frisk.

Donald Trump

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

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

I've been in radio, God, twenty years. I started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was growing up. Radio was just kind of an accident. I did morning radio in my hometown of Buffalo, then went to Rochester, then Chicago, and then New York.

Stephanie Miller

I had no particular image of Chicago in mind when I wrote 'My Kind of Town.' All I wanted to do was write a song in praise of Chicago, and that's what I did.

Sammy Cahn

There are definitely some folks in my hometown who are unhappy with the way I portrayed my hometown... But I think most folks realize I wrote this book not to disparage the hometown but to really try to understand why so many kids who grew up like I did struggled.