“If you want to talk about EDM, let’s talk about Detroit underground music, Chicago house and let’s talk about all the things that got us to this place. We all get on the train of dance music. We need to all respectfully look through the carriages that have come before us and realize how we got here.” IfsWantNeedsLooksHouseRealizingTrainChicagoDetroitCarriagesDance MusicUnderground MusicEdm Author:Goldie
“It doesn't take a genius to see what happens when the entitlement state outgrows the economy upon which it rests. The time of Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Spain, the rest of insolvent social-democratic Europe — and now Detroit — is the time for conservatives to raise the banner of Stein's Law and yell "Stop." You can kick the can down the road, but at some point it falls over a cliff.” StatesHappensLawSocialEconomyGeniusEuropeRaisesDemocraticDisappearKicksSpainGreeceCliffsEntitlementDetroitDown The RoadBannerPortugalCyprus Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell.” HeavenHellDetroitMarvin Author:Marvin Gaye
“Never was a person more mortified than I was at this time, to see so fair an opportunity to push a victory; Detroit lost for want of a few men.” MenWantPersonsOpportunityLostVictoryFairsDetroit Author:George Rogers Clark
“I know that's blasphemous when you are from Detroit, but I was never a fan of Motown stuff. I don't care for the production much.” KnowsDetroitMotown Author:Jack White
“It's great to see the people of Metro Detroit coming out to volunteer and help build homes for those affected by the recent Gulf Coast hurricanes. With all the Super Bowl excitement, it's nice for people to participate in an event that will make such a significant impact in people's lives while also being a part of the Super Bowl festivities.” PeopleHelpingHomeNiceEventsImpactAffectionSignificantExcitementAffectedComing OutBowlsVolunteerCoastHurricanesDetroitSuper BowlMetroFestivities Author:David Daniels
“I think people fail to realize that teams and organizations have been stacking teams since way back in the day. The Lakers had the Showtime era. Boston had six hall of famers on one team. You had Detroit, the New York Knicks, and now the Miami Heat. They were stacking their teams back then, it just fell off over the years and now it picked back up. Boston did it first, then LA. I was fortunate enough to play against them when they had Shaq, Kobe, Rick Fox, Gary Payton, Karl Malone... that's five hall of famers on one team! So you can't get mad at Miami for doing what they did.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsFirstsHas BeensEnoughPlayRealizingFiveFailingTeamNew YorkSixOrganizationMadErasFortunateHeatHallsFoxesBostonDetroitMiamiGaryBack In The DayLakersKnicksShaqShowtimeStackingMiami Heat Author:Carmelo Anthony
“The music is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It's like George Clinton and Kraftwerk are stuck in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company.” MistakeCompanyMusic IsClintonStuckDetroitElevators Author:Derrick May
“Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.” LooksTwoGuySportsGroupsChampionshipTerrificDetroit Author:Chuck Daly
“It's easier to record in LA than in New York and Detroit, because the space in LA is green, and there's sunshine, and I need all those positive vibes.” NeedsSpaceRecordsNew YorkEasierGreenSunshineDetroitVibesPositive Vibes Author:Big Sean
“I'm not a New Yorker. I grew up in Detroit. A lot of people think it's one big city but they're completely different.” PeopleThinkingDifferentBigsCitiesGrewGrew UpNew YorkersDetroitBig Cities Author:Mike Binder
“Growing up, I always thought of Detroit as a basketball town because of the Pistons, but everyone says it's really, at its core, a football town.” Growing UpGrowingFootballBasketballTownsCoreDetroit Author:Ndamukong Suh
“Detroit is really the most perfectly laid out city one could imagine, and such an enchanting park and lake, - infinitely better than any town I know in Europe. It ought to be a paradise in about fifty years when it has all matured.” KnowsYearsCitiesImagineOughtEuropeTownsParadiseParksFiftyLakesDetroitMaturedEnchanting Book:The Essential Elinor Glyn Collection Source: The Essential Elinor Glyn Collection
“I understand that Detroit was a pretty rough place to grow up in the '70s and '80s.” GrowsGrowing UpRough80sDetroit Author:Buzz Aldrin
“You can find old Jewish newspapers from Detroit that have my promotional ad in them. It was a totally insane time in my life. Paul Rudd was also a bar mitzvah emcee, you know? It was like being a local rock star in Detroit.” KnowsStarsRocksNewspapersBarsLocalsInsaneAdsRock StarDetroitBar MitzvahMitzvahEmcee Author:James Wolk
“I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.” CommunityChurchVariousDetroitDonateFood Banks Author:Aretha Franklin
“I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that business going and then go out on his vending machine business.” FatherWatchesMachinesGet UpClockRestaurantsShoppingEasternDetroitVending Machines Author:Ed Bradley
“I can read in any book and newspaper about the city of Detroit, but I want to hear what the people in Detroit have to say about Detroit. My best education is actually talking to people.” PeopleWantI CanBookCitiesTalkingNewspapersDetroitBest EducationI Can Read Author:Erin Cummings
“You don't have to be best friends as basketball players but I do believe in chemistry. I think it makes everything different if a team is really together and they're all on that same page. They might not like each other, per se, but if you're on the same page and the chemistry is there, you can play great basketball. You can go back to teams like Detroit, the Bad Boys. Those guys had great chemistry, that's why they won.” IfsThinkingBelieveDifferentPlayMightTogetherGuyBoysPlayerTeamBasketballPagesChemistryDetroitBasketball PlayerBad BoyGreat Basketball Author:Dwight Howard
“My eight years in Detroit, obviously, were my most successful years managing. I think that Pittsburgh and Detroit are probably very, very similar. We kinda rekindled the fire of baseball in Pittsburgh. We did the exact same thing in Detroit.” ThinkingYearsSuccessfulFireBaseballEightDetroitPittsburgh Author:Jim Leyland
“From the takeover of Detroit and the failed stimulus packages to the enactment of Obamacare, the president and congressional Democrats chose to use Americas economic crisis as an excuse to expand government rather than as an opportunity to responsibly shrink it.” UseGovernmentOpportunityPresidentEconomicCrisisDemocratExcuseShrinksPackagesStimulusObamacareDetroitEconomic CrisisTakeoversGovernment Takeover Author:Jeb Hensarling
“I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in Detroit. If you grow up in a city like that you feel everything is perishing, evanescent and going away very quickly.” IfsThinkingFeelsFirstsBookIdeasGrowsCitiesGrowing UpGrowingSuicideGoing AwayDetroitPerishing Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“Jimmy Carter, who embraced all manner of schemes to make America a second or third-rate country, came down so squarely in favor of the double nickel [the 55 mph National Speed Limit]...This is the same Jimmy Carter whose limosine with him in it, just a little later in his presidency, was timed at an average of 72 mph for the 21.5 mile trip from Detroit Metro to the Detroit Plaza Hotel. He didn't want to be late for a campaign appearance.” WantLittlesCountryAmericaLimitsLateThirdsRateAverageAppearanceSpeedFavorsCampaignsMilesHotelSchemesPresidencyAmerican PoliticsJimmyCarterDetroitNickelsMetroSpeed LimitsMph Author:Patrick Bedard
“I think it's good to know more than the average guy. If I'm in a bar now and some pretty girl is talking to some handsome 24-year-old man, I'll say, "Okay, who's the emperor after Caligula? What chief mistake did Marcus Aurelius make in choosing a successor?" He'll just look like an idiot. She'll just gravitate toward me, I'm thinking. It works in Detroit.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenYearsLooksGuyGirlMistakeTalkingOkayAverageBarsChiefsIdiotOld ManHandsomeEmperorDetroitPretty GirlSuccessors Author:Emo Philips
“I grew up in Detroit. I grew up in an environment where you were supposed to be Democrat, where they told you that Republicans were evil people and that they were racist.” PeopleEvilEnvironmentGrewRepublicanGrew UpDemocratSupposed To BeRacistDetroitEvil People Author:Benjamin Carson
“One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was this skinny white bald guy, but he was really moved by blues and Motown and funk.” GuyFatherMemoriesWhiteRoomsListeningMovedRadioStrongestSkinnyLiving RoomDetroitFunkMotownBongos Author:Sufjan Stevens
“I got into Kiss before I got into anybody. The first thing I heard was Detroit Rock City. I heard it in the school library, where I lived.” FirstsSchoolCitiesHeardRocksKissingLibraryDetroitSchool Library Author:Brian Posehn
“I think me leaving Detroit shaped my style. Me leaving, going to New York, going to L.A. and seeing what they were doing there. I think that inspired me more than what people were doing back home.” PeopleThinkingHomeSeeingStyleNew YorkInspiredLeavingBack HomeDetroit Author:Danny Brown
“From an early age, music was my only thing. You come from Detroit, you learn how to make the most of what you can do best.” AgeCan DoDetroit Author:Danny Brown
“Faygo's like a Detroit thing, and you can't really find it everywhere, but the difference between Faygo Creme Soda and other cream sodas is that it's foamy. Faygo Creme Soda is almost like Sprite, but it's cream soda, so that's ill!” DifferencesIllCreamDetroitSodaCream Soda Author:Danny Brown
“I wasn't supposed to make it out of Detroit. I wasn't supposed to get a scholarship. I was supposed to be [covering] kicks the rest of my life. But here I am. I'm a man playing with the house's money, and that's a dangerous man.” MenHouseDangerousSupposed To BeKicksScholarshipCoveringDetroitHere I AmDangerous Man Author:Bart Scott
“I don't run a non-profit. There are lots of non-profits in America - in Detroit, parts of Wall Street, etc. I run a not for profit. We're a business. The only difference is that instead of selling soap or sneakers, we sell hope and leadership.” RunningAmericaDifferencesStreetsWallSellsProfitSellingEtcSoapDetroitSneakersNon Profit Author:Nancy Lublin
“I was born in Detroit. I never really saw myself working in comics, I just fell into it. But it's been one of the best things to happen to a kid from Detroit.” HappensKidsBornSawsBest ThingsDetroit Author:Dwayne McDuffie
“My adoptive mother tirelessly worked most of her life to build up my self-esteem. So what happened was finding her started to shed light and destroy my mythos. So for the first year of knowing her, my mom kind of actually literally visited me in Detroit and kind of gave me a tour of my life - where I was conceived, where I was born, where she found out she was pregnant. It was amazing, Terry, and very emotional.” YearsFirstsKindSelfLightMotherFoundBornKnowingHappenedSelf EsteemEmotionalMomFindingsMy MomEsteemPregnantShedDetroitWere Pregnant Author:Keegan-Michael Key
“Shepard Fairey, the street artist responsible for President Obama's 'Hope' poster, is now facing vandalism charges in Detroit. It's pretty serious. Detroit officials say the artist's spray paint caused over $9,000 worth of improvements.” ArtistPresidentStreetsSeriousResponsiblePaintImprovementOfficialsPresident ObamaDetroitPostersSprayVandalismSpray Paint Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I am no stranger to loud music. I've been to a Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels concert. I once dated a woman with two kids.” TwoKidsStrangerLoudWheelsConcertsDetroitLoud Music Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“I was brought up in southwestern Ontario where we were taught that Canadian patriotism should not withstand anything more than a five-dollar-a-month wage differential. Anything more than that and you went to Detroit.” ShouldFiveTaughtMonthsDollarsDetroitOntario Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“It is a great mistake for presidents and other leading executives of organizations having branches throughout the country to chain themselves to their desks at headquarters and send out rigid instructions to those in charge of distant branches and offices. Because a man sits in a palatial office in New York or Chicago or Philadelphia or Detroit and draws a big salary, it does not necessarily follow that he knows better than the man on the spot what ought to be done.... Paul, Caesar, Napoleon did not merely sit at home and issue long-range instructions.” KnowsMenLongDoeCountryDoneHomeBigsPresidentMistakeIssuesNew YorkHe ManOughtOfficeDrawsOrganizationSpotsChainsRangeBranchesExecutivesChicagoInstructionDesksSalaryDetroitPhiladelphiaGreat MistakesHeadquarters Author:B. C. Forbes
“I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.” GrowsGrowing UpGrewHealthyGrew UpAreasWestMilesDetroitDoseMotownArbors Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“That's one of the most important things to me is that Detroit and Ann Arbor got my back. If you don't have hometown love, then what's the point?” IfsImportantImportant ThingsDetroitHometownArbors Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“Thanks to all the fans from Detroit and Philly who are recognizing what type of player I am, and I hope they keep supporting the Sixers.” PlayerFansTypeThanksRecognizingDetroit Author:Willie Green
“I'm a different kind of Republican. I've introduced a five-year balanced budget. I've introduced the largest tax cut in our history. I stood for ten and a half hours on the Senate floor to defend your right to be left alone. But I've also gone to Chicago. I've gone to Detroit. I've been to Ferguson, I've been to Baltimore, because I want our party to be bigger, better and bolder...” WantYearsKindDifferentLeftHoursPartyHalfGoneFiveCuttingRepublicanTenTaxesBiggerBudgetsFive YearsChicagoSenateDifferent KindsBalancedDetroitLeft AloneTax CutsHalf HoursBaltimoreFergusonBalanced BudgetBigger Better Author:Rand Paul
“People in Detroit aren't just urban gardening. They're starting a new mode of education. They're trying to give children the education to be "solutionaries" rather than people who are going to get jobs in the system. And that is a huge change, a cultural revolution.” PeopleGivingTryingChildrenJobsHugeRevolutionStartingGardeningUrbanDetroitHuge Changes Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“I kind of grew up with hip hop and of course being from Detroit I'm a Motown man. Music is in our blood. When you're from Detroit, music is in your DNA.” MenKindCoursesBloodGrewGrew UpMusic IsHip HopHipsHopsDnaDetroitMotown Author:Eric Thomas
“I did have a lot of lack, but I never experienced it. I grew up in the east side of Detroit, in an area where there was very little, except for a lot of scarcity, poverty and hunger. Even growing up in an orphanage, I never woke up saying, "I'm an orphan again today, isn't this terrible? Poor me."” LittlesTodaySidesPoorPovertyGrowing UpGrowingGrewTerribleGrew UpAreasHungerEastDetroitOrphanScarcityOrphanageEast SidePoor Me Author:Wayne Dyer
“All you crazy white people "I'm American!", all you did was come out of your mother's pussy on American soil. That's it. That's it! What, you think you're better than somebody from France 'cause you came out of a pussy in Detroit?” PeopleThinkingHumorFunnyMotherCausesWhiteCrazyFranceSoilDetroitPussy Author:Chris Rock
“My dream in growing up in the city of Detroit was to be Mayor. At the family picnics from the time I was 9-years-old that's what I told people I was going to be. The mayor of the city of Detroit.” PeopleYearsDreamCitiesGrowing UpGrowingOld PeopleMayorsDetroitPicnics Author:Kwame Kilpatrick