“I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.” KnowsWantYearsWantedPresidentGrowing UpGrowingTenTownsChicagoMayors Author:William Petersen
“I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.” WayFeltBornGrewGrew UpMy FamilyTownsSouthSpotsRanRootedGrandfatherMy GrandfatherGeorgiaMayorsCottonMills Author:Frances Mayes
“I don't know about the press, but I know in the town where I live everybody was aware that I was in Africa, because I remember after I got back some of the people told me that Mayor Dura of our town said he just wished they would boil me in tar.” PeopleKnowsSaidRememberTownsPressesMayorsOur Town Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.” BelieveWholeMetsTownsPopulationMayors Author:Lillie Langtry
“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.” CommunityResponsibilityTownsSmall TownMayorsOrganizer Author:Sarah Palin
“Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities.” LooksStatesSeemsJobsCommunityResponsibilityLet MeTownsElectionPresidentialOpponentsGovernorsSmall TownMayorsAlaskaHometownPresidential ElectionOrganizer Author:Sarah Palin
“A sombrero fell out of the sky and landed on the main street of town in front of the mayor, his cousin, and a person out of work. The day was scrubbed clean by the desert air. The sky was blue. It was the blue of human eyes, waiting for something to happen. There was no reason for a sombrero to fall out of the sky. No airplane or helicopter was passing overhead and it was not a religious holiday.” HumansPersonsReasonHappensEyeFallWaitingReligiousAirSkyStreetsFrontsTownsBlueCleanPassingPassingsDesertHolidayNo ReasonAirplaneCousinMayorsOverheadHelicoptersHuman EyesMain StreetWaiting For SomethingReligious HolidaySombreros Book:Sombrero Fallout Source: Sombrero Fallout
“I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.” WayVoteTownsDinnerEnormousMy WayInvitesAirportsMayorsPotholes Author:Fidel Castro
“Beaverbrook is so pleased to be in the government that he is like the town tart who finally married the Mayor.” GovernmentMarriedTownsMayorsTarts Author:Beverley Baxter