Best Milwaukee Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“There’s this smell that only exists in Milwaukee in October. The thin smoky jet of laundry after the rain. Wet leaves half-drying, half getting wet again. Open PBR cans, cigarettes, leather. A mix of youth and nostalgia, of losing something as you’re living it. The feeling, both terrifying and comforting, that life would always be exactly like this.”

Youth Nostalgia October Smells Milwaukee

Author:Zhanna Slor

“Lambeau was always special, and so was Milwaukee.”

Special Milwaukee

Author:Ray Nitschke

“Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.”

Thinking My Favorite Citing Milwaukee

Author:Dar Williams

“Chicago - a pompous Milwaukee.”

Chicago Pompous Milwaukee

Author:Leonard Louis Levinson

“Well, Milwaukee is a special place to me. It's where I started my career playing in Appleton. Getting cheered on the road is something I haven't been use to.”

Wells Use Careers Special Havens Cheerfulness Special Places Milwaukee

Author:Alex Rodriguez

“To this day, whenever I'm in Milwaukee, which is often, I'm reminded that the people there still haven't gotten over the Braves leaving ... If it helps, they should know the players haven't either.”

People Ifs Knows Should Stills Helping Player Havens Brave Leaving This Day Milwaukee

Author:Hank Aaron

“I was working with mud and photographs and thread, eyelashes, carrots and acetone... I was throwing radios off buildings and... remember floating styrofoam commas down the Milwaukee River.”

Remember Building Materials Rivers Photograph Radio Throwing Thread Mud Floating Carrots Eyelashes Milwaukee Styrofoam

Book:William Wegman, l'oeuvre photographique

Source: William Wegman, l'oeuvre photographique

“I've owned a business for 26 years. My family isn't in politics and my supporters aren't special interest groups in Madison and Milwaukee.”

Years Interest Groups Special My Family Supporter Special Interests Madison Interest Groups Milwaukee Special Interest Groups

Author:Mark Neumann

“One can see the results of those policies in hundreds of communities around my State. As one might expect, our largest communities - places like Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay - lost thousands of jobs as a result of those trade policies, most notably NAFTA and permanent most-favored-nation status for China.”

States Might Jobs Lost Nations Community Results Policy Green Trade China Permanent Madison Nafta Milwaukee Green Bay

Author:Russ Feingold

“Tucker: You guys going to Milwaukee? Guy: Yes sir, heading home after a vacation. Tucker: Did you know there are midgets in Milwaukee? [The man and his wife are silent and confused.] Tucker: HUNDREDS OF THEM!”

Knows Men Home Guy Wife He Man Silent Confused Vacation Headings Did You Know Midget Milwaukee Heading Home

Book:Assholes Finish First

Source: Assholes Finish First

“The President said that Gold told him to invade Iraq. You see that's what happens when you mix New Testament and Old Milwaukee.”

Said Happens President Humour Gold Iraq Testament New Testament Milwaukee

Author:Bill Maher

“Whenever I think of Milwaukee, I think of the American League. Hmm, Boston, Atlanta, weren't they the Browns, too?”

Thinking League Boston Atlanta Hmm Milwaukee

Author:Mike Shannon

“I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.”

Feels Broken Organization Brave Fortunate Milwaukee

Author:Joe Torre

“I sit at my desk each night with no place to go, opening the wrinkled maps of Milwaukee and Buffalo, the whole U.S., its cemeteries, its arbitrary time zones, through routes like small veins, capitals like small stones.”

Whole Night United States Stones Opening Zone Maps Desks Routes Veins Arbitrary Cemetery Places To Go Buffalo Time Zones Milwaukee

Book:Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

“In Milwaukee last month a man died laughing over one of his own jokes. That's what makes it so tough for us outsiders. We have to fight home competition.”

Men Home Humor Funny Lasts Fighting Laughing Months Jokes Tough Died Competition Outsiders Milwaukee

Book:The Benchley Roundup

Source: The Benchley Roundup

“One time I dropped a fly ball in Milwaukee and, after the game, the writers asked me what happened. I told them, 'Well, I was looking up and a UFO flew right across. It was weird. I never saw anything like that in my life.' Man, I was only joking and they wrote it up and put it in the paper.”

Men Wells Games Saws Happened Paper Balls One Time Ufo Flew Milwaukee

Author:Jesse Barfield

“What the Hell. In 1988, I was the AWA heavyweight champion and I never came to Milwaukee.”

Hell Champion Heavyweights Milwaukee

Author:Jerry Lawler

“I wouldn't even feel sorry for us if I was going against us. I know teams are licking their chops. The Bulls or Milwaukee, they're excited. Even though somebody is hurt they're still excited because they feel like we're a man down and we might not be as strong, but we're confident here. We got the players to still make something special happen. Guys just have to step up as a unit.”

Ifs Knows Men Feels Stills Might Happens Guy Strong Hurt Steps Player Team Special Down And Sorry Excited Units Bulls Step Up Something Special Licking Milwaukee

Author:Tristan Thompson

“I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee. I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.”

Knows I Can Next Doors Grew Proud Grew Up Taverns Milwaukee Polka

Author:Al Jarreau

“I'm from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I moved to LA when I was about eleven years old. I always go back to Milwaukee whenever I can. Just chill with my grandpa and my grandmother and just be with family, be with people that were there before I got a million views on YouTube because of my music video.”

People Years I Can Views Millions Moved Video Grandmother My Grandmother Chill Youtube Eleven Grandpa Wisconsin Milwaukee

Author:Jacob Latimore

“Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a place that I feel like it's undervalued. It's one of the most amazing cities I've been to. It has the most to offer.”

Feels Cities Offers Most Amazing Wisconsin Undervalued Milwaukee

Author:Danny Gokey

“Well, when people ask where I'm from, I usually say the Midwest, because that covers both homes, in a way. Obviously I was born in Omaha, but when people say, "Where do you come from," we'll say Milwaukee. I mean Jennifer was certainly born in Milwaukee, and that's where I spent a big chunk of my adult life, so we usually say we came here from Milwaukee. That's usually how it's referenced is we're from Milwaukee, yeah.”

People Way Wells Mean Home Bigs Asks Born Adults Yeah Chunks Jennifer Midwest Omaha Milwaukee

Author:Peter Buffett

“My wife Jennifer's family is all from there. Jennifer grew up there, so we have personal ties forever - her mom, dad, her brother, her twin brother - so, there's certainly a personal connection there that will also be there. Also, even though I grew up in Omaha, I feel like I really grew up in Milwaukee.”

Feels Forever Wife Brother Grew Mom Dad Grew Up Connections My Wife Ties Twins Jennifer Omaha Milwaukee Personal Connection Twin Brother Mom Dad

Author:Peter Buffett

“I'm a Brewers fan. I was born in Milwaukee, so I'm all Wisconsin teams all day.”

Born Team Fans Wisconsin Milwaukee Brewers

Author:Colin Kaepernick

“It's why we oppose Citizens United from that right-wing Supreme Court. In 2012, I also said the Tea Party "acted like terrorists" and called a donut shop manager in Milwaukee who wanted lower taxes a "smartass." And I said the number one issue is a three-letter word, J-O-B-S." I'm proud of who I am.”

“My first deepening of spirituality came when I was 6, when I was moved from my grandmother and sent to live with my mother - whom I really did not know - who had moved to Milwaukee. Something inside myself knew that I was never going to see my grandmother again - I would be wasting my time to live in that space of wanting that.”

Knows Firsts Would Be Mother Spirituality Space Moved My Time Grandmother My Grandmother Wasting My Time Milwaukee

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“There are a lot of people in Milwaukee who have had adverse impacts from Scott Walker. He's managed to mess over everyone in Milwaukee.”

People Impact Mess Adverse Walkers Milwaukee

Author:Gwen Moore

“I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.”

Men Brave Old Man Modest Bonus Milwaukee

Author:Bob Uecker

“Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.”

Mean Different Moving Given Style Perspective Becoming Nba Chicago Things Change Miami Different Perspective Milwaukee

Author:Dwyane Wade

“What's made Milwaukee famous has made a loser out of me.”

Made Drinking Loser Drugs And Alcohol Funny Drinking Milwaukee

Author:Glenn Sutton

“I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.”

Born Raised Milwaukee

Author:Kristen Johnston

“I've argued this with a lot of people in my life. When people say God blessed me with a beautiful jump shot, it really pisses me off. I tell those people, 'Don't undermine the work I've put in every day.' Not some days. Every day. Ask anyone who has been on a team with me who shoots the most. Go back to Seattle and Milwaukee and ask them. The answer is me -- not because it's a competition, but because that's how I prepare.”

People Has Beens Beautiful Asks Answers Team Shots Blessed Competition God Bless Seattle Milwaukee

Author:Ray Allen

“And y'all scared I can tell That I'mma get Bucks like Milwaukee, cause like Sam, I ca' sell.”

I Can Causes Sells Scared Hip Hop Mma Bucks Milwaukee

Author:Jadakiss

“I remember one time I'm batting against the Dodgers in Milwaukee. They lead, 2 - 1, it's the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two out and the pitcher has a full count on me. I look over to the Dodger dugout and they're all in street clothes.”

Looks Two Remember Streets Clothes Bases Bottom One Time Pitcher Loaded Batting Dodgers Milwaukee Count On Me

Author:Bob Uecker

“St. Louis is closer to Minneapolis than Milwaukee is.”

Milwaukee Minneapolis

Author:Bud Selig

“I was just getting out of a shootaround in Milwaukee when I found out. I took out my insoles (from my shoes) and I was out of there.”

Found Shoes Milwaukee

Author:Dan McCarney

“There were a lot of races I was going to win at Milwaukee, but I had mechanical problems or something would happen, ... In the early years, it just took a long time for me to win a race. I got in somebody's oil one time and got in the wall, had a clutch go out once. . . so when I finally won one, it was a long time coming.”

Years Long Problem Happens Winning Race Wall Long Time Oil One Time Clutch Milwaukee

Author:Dick Trickle

“As mayor of Milwaukee, I've had many developers come and many businesses come and have asked for financial assistance from the city, and my questions have always been: how many jobs are we talking about and are these family-supporting jobs.”

Jobs Cities Talking Financial Assistance Mayors Developers Milwaukee Financial Assistance

Author:Tom Barrett

“I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.”

Sides Grew Grew Up South Alleys Milwaukee

Author:Jane Kaczmarek