Famous quotes containing the words chicago cubs, chicago, cubs and/or play:
“Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
“Must we really see Chicago in order to be educated?”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“An unlicked bear”
—Trans. by Johanna Prins.
Dutch expression meaning “a boor”: from the old belief that bear cubs are licked into shape by their mothers.
“The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)