31 Quotes About Illinois

Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.

I'm from Downer's Grove, Illinois. We had a blackout there the other day, but fortunately the police made him get back into his car before he got too far.

What success I achieved in the theatre is due to the fact that I have always worked just as hard when there were ten people in the house as when there were thousands. Just as hard in Springfield, Illinois as on Broadway.

To the people of Illinois let me say this. Business as usual IS OVER.

What he's going to do I think is stretch out the payment cycle. What he's going to do is essentially make the providers of the state of Illinois pay for it by paying them more re-imbursements and more slowly.

In politics, you never know who's going to die, retire, or - in Illinois - get indicted.

But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed.

The state of Illinois had $17 million to spend, with requests for $67 million,

Certainly, we have come a long way since 1913, the year Illinois women won the right to vote in municipal elections. But as with all things, there is always room for improvement and growth.