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I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday. -- Raymond Chandler
When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from. -- Oliver Herford
In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents? -- Mark Twain
I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University. -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams. -- Thomas Menino
The frozen ocean... of Boston life. -- Julia Ward Howe
A Boston man is the east wind made flesh. -- Thomas Gold Appleton
I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857. -- Edward Bellamy
I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books. -- Anthony Doerr
For every $5 that Boston's economy sends up to Beacon Hill, the state gives only $1 back to us. -- Thomas Menino
The VCR is to the American film producer, as the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone. -- Jack Valenti
Whenever I think of Milwaukee, I think of the American League. Hmm, Boston, Atlanta, weren't they the Browns, too? -- Mike Shannon
I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there. -- Fred Allen
Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains. -- Bill Bryson
Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy. -- Julia Ward Howe
In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program. -- Donnie Wahlberg
Kev has these old Boston drills, where you all have to talk to each other, and interact, and it's helped us. -- Kevin Garnett
In New York, you couldn't wish for a nicer audience, or in L.A., Chicago, Boston. But when you get into secondary markets, they don't have a clue. -- Bryan Ferry
To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party. -- Adelle Davis
2004 was a great year for Boston! The Patriots won the Super Bowl! Boston hosted its first national political convention! And - the Red Sox won the World Series! -- Thomas Menino
I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets? -- Sparky Anderson
About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime, because organized crime and politics were the same thing in Boston. -- Howie Carr
Boston is actually the capital of the world. You didn't know that? We breed smart-ass, quippy, funny people. Not that I'm one of them. I just sorta sneaked in under the radar. -- John Krasinski
Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so I am obsessed with hockey since I was a little kid. -- Rob Zombie
I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face. -- Gisele Bundchen
I'm a kid from Boston. -- Rob Mariano
Boston is a state of mind. -- Thomas Gold Appleton
I schooled in the Boston area. -- Teju Cole
Boston is known for its innovation. -- Thomas Menino
In Boston serpents whistle at the cold. -- Robert Lowell
Boston has two seasons: August and winter. -- Billy Herman
You know, Boston people are full of sauce. -- Ellen Pompeo
Boston is the engine of the state's economy. -- Thomas Menino
A profit is not without honor save in Boston. -- Carolyn Wells
Boston is safe. And we're going to keep it safe. -- Thomas Menino
In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it's great. -- Tom Brady
Let's hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American. -- David Sirota
I'm from Boston, and I'm hard-headed, opinionated and a good arguer. -- Kenny Wormald
I've got two dogs; they're Boston terriers, and they're allowed everywhere. -- Chuck Palahniuk
Masters of Sex is the degree I got from Boston College. -- Amy Poehler
Technically, I split my time between N.Y.C. and Boston. -- Junot Diaz
We say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are worse surveyors. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
It(Boston Bombings) was worth it to hear you(survivor speakers) speak. -- Joe Biden
Having played in Boston will help me a ton moving to New York. -- Jason Bay
This jersey that we're wearing today doesn't say Red Sox. It says Boston. -- David Ortiz
What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College. -- William P. Leahy
I went to Boston University and got my BFA, and performed Off Broadway. -- Jenn Proske
I'm going to Boston to see my doctor. He's a very sick man. -- Fred Allen
Boston is a moral and intellectual nursery always busy applying first principals to trifles. -- George Santayana
Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics. -- Mark Twain
There's so much passion and so much interest in the Red Sox in Boston. -- Terry Francona
The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life. -- Red Auerbach
I'm very happy and excited to be a member of the Boston Red Sox. -- Daisuke Matsuzaka
Boston is large enough to learn your independence and small enough to make your own. -- Henry Winkler
I went to school at a place that also shaped my life, Boston Latin School. -- Nat Hentoff
I fell in love with Boston, so hopefully, I'll be here for a long time. -- Johnny Damon
I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston. -- Harvey Mackay
Chinese food in Texas is the best Chinese food in the United States except Boston. -- John Updike
Never say 'I went to Harvard.' Say 'I schooled in the Boston area.' -- Teju Cole
I started in theatre. I went to the Boston Conservatory and majored in musical theater. -- Rachael MacFarlane
I love Boston, and at some point, my plan is to have a home back there. -- David Walton
Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure. -- Lincoln Steffens
Boston: Their hotels are bad. Their pumpkin pies are delicious. Their poetry is not so good. -- Edgar Allan Poe
I love Boston and I always will. I'll always have terrific memories and great fans here. -- Johnny Damon
I went to Boston College. It's a Catholic college, yeah I had a nickname there: Jew. -- Gary Gulman
The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse. -- Waite Hoyt
Tanglewood [summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra] was a place where gods strode the earth. -- Sarah Caldwell
I got private lessons in keyboard at Julliard, before New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. -- Bernie Worrell
I've conducted the Boston Pops! Imagine that! Me! Maya Angelou! I've sang and danced at La Scala! -- Maya Angelou
Boston is really a small town, and the pro sports here are almost like a college sport. -- Stephen Pagliuca
We prefer one room in Rangoon to six in Boston. We feel that we are highly blessed. -- Adoniram Judson
Now every club promoter wanna bid like auctions, cause I pack shows, sell ticks Celtics like Boston. -- Nicki Minaj
Asking Senator Fulbright's advice on foreign policy is like asking the Boston Strangler to massage your neck. -- Spiro T. Agnew
I grew up in Boston, so it's a nice change to be cold after living in California. -- Matt LeBlanc
I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open. -- Nancy Kerrigan
I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom. -- Eliza Dushku
When I'm in Boston, I always feel like I'm home. I almost cry, I feel so good. -- Luis Tiant
In Boston they have gone from large autonomous high schools to smaller schools within the same building. -- Michael Welch
For me, there is a strong family connection to Boston and anything connected to Boston, which includes Fenway. -- John Williams
I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station. -- Elinor Lipman
Boston is not an avant garde place. It stays literally 15 to 20 years behind New York at all times. -- Paul Laffoley
If the Pilgrims had landed in Santa Monica Bay rather than Boston, we'd have six states out here! -- Kevin Starr
It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. -- Julian Casablancas
Here's the thing: I had never been to Boston, my whole life. Probably because I'm a Yankee fan. -- Dash Mihok
An eighty-nine year old kid from Boston playing a blues in New Orleans takes a lot of chutzpah. -- George Wein
We are Boston. We are America. We respond. We endure. We overcome. And we own the finish line. -- Joe Biden
There is surely room for yet another schoolmaster when a score of seers advertise themselves in Boston newspapers. -- James Russell Lowell
A 'Globe' examination found that Boston police officers exercise broad discretion when deciding whether to issue a ticket. -- Bill Dedman
I'd pick - my father would bring home about six newspapers. We had 10 in Boston at the time. -- Nat Hentoff
You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand. -- Eli Roth
I grew up with the Boston vibe and the Catholic vibe. I don't want to put anybody out. -- John Krasinski
This is a bad day for Boston, but I think if we pull together we'll get through it. -- Thomas Menino
I always figured Metropolis was north of New York, actually. Between New York and Boston, in my mind. -- Jim Lee
After a couple years of occasional lessons with Pass I moved to Boston to attend the New England Conservatory. -- Mark White
A solid man of Boston; A comfortable man with dividends, And the first salmon and the first green peas. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I'm back in Boston. I own an outdoor deck hockey rink, and I own a boxing gym here also. -- Micky Ward
Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston. -- Ben Affleck
I used to love Danish. My father used to make a Boston cream pie. You never see that anymore. -- Christopher Walken
Let's use the energy of this historic year to propel us toward our shared vision of a greater Boston. -- Thomas Menino
I should call myself four market Norton. I'm great in Boston and Cleveland. I do good in Phillie, New Jersey. -- Jim Norton
Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains." -- Bill Bryson
I love Boston. I come here all the time and play pick-up ice hockey with friends in Concord and Bedford. -- William Quigley
It is not age which killed Boston, for no cities die of age; it is the youth of other cities. -- W. L. George
What care though rival cities soar Along the stormy coast, Penn's town, New York, Baltimore, If Boston knew the most! -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships. -- Rafael Palmeiro
I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song. -- Frank Black
The fans were so psyched that someone was doing a movie about a Boston fan that they were giving their all. -- Jimmy Fallon
I can't say Boston is 'home-home.' It's definitely a place I'm growing accustomed to. It's such a great sports town. -- Wes Welker
Some Argentines, without means, do it, People say, in Boston , even beans do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love . -- Cole Porter
And it was from Boston that one in every six American families began their journey into the land of the free. -- Thomas Menino
I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song. -- Frank Black
Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me as a player. -- Paul Pierce
When I was in the Sex Pistols, I listened to Boston. But I couldn't tell anybody, you know. I'd get lynched. -- Steve Jones
The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone. -- Jack Valenti
Everyone says the best fans in baseball are here [in Boston] and I can't wait to be a part of that. -- Jason Bay
Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now. -- Tom Brady
There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country? -- Iris Chang
My favorite song to play is 'Smokin'' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live. -- Doug Flutie
My favorite song to play is 'Smokin' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live. -- Doug Flutie

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