“On those awful days when you’re feeling your age, just remember, we’re 316.”
–Newspaper advertisement for Ketel One vodka, produced at a distillery founded in Holland in 1691
“You can’t go to heaven without going through Chicago.”
–Larry Tolpin, president of YPB&R, on the selection of O’Hare International Airport as the launch site for Chicago’s advertising campaign for the 2016 Olympics
“I’m hiding under the desk. I’m very far under the desk.”
–Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), on his dilemma of whether to support Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton for president
“It looks like Godzilla came through there and just stomped them all down.”
–Mike Mackey, of Muskogee, Okla., on the ice storm that destroyed trees throughout his neighborhood
`I wouldn’t be sad if either one of them don’t win.’
–Mike Ditka, on Jan. 17, about the NFC championship game Sunday between the Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints
`I want the Bears to win. I’ve been a Bears fan since 1961. I’ve always been a Bears fan.’
–Mike Ditka, on Jan. 18
