“I have given the city a festive image. We have Taste of Chicago, we have ChicagoFest, we have all the neighborhood fests.”— Jane Byrne
“One day if I go to heaven... I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'”— Herb Caen
“Don't call it 'Frisco.' It's San Francisco, because it was named after St. Francis of Assisi.”— Herb Caen
“Chicago is the great American city, and it is one of the things that makes our country special.”— Rahm Emanuel
“Congratulations to the new winners of the Stanley Cup. It's a great honor for our city, and I'd like to thank the Broad Street Bullies for showing us how to do it.”— Eugene Ormandy