“When we decided to organize this trip to see a few colleges, Carnegie Mellon was among the top of the list”
-Mark Zuckerberg, while at CMU on November 8th, 2011
“Pittsburgh, let me show the world just where my city at
On the map, illest city out, I guess that’s just a fact”
- Mac Miller, Pittsburgh rapper, clip and lyrics from the video “Smile Back”
“Trouble is bad to get into but fun to get out of. If you’re in trouble, eighty percent of the time there’s a way out. If you can see the ball, you can probably hit it; and if you can hit it, you can move it; and if you can move it, you might be able to knock it in the hole. At least it’s fun to try”
-Arnold Palmer, professional golfer, Latrobe native, and ice-tea/lemonade
“All you need in the world is love and laughter. That’s all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.”
- August Wilson, playwrite and Pulitzer Prize winner
“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.”
-Andrew Carnegie
“I believe that, other than your love, the most important thing a person can give is their labor”
- Stephen Chbosky, author and director
“Pittsburgh isn’t fancy, but it is real. It’s a working town and money doesn’t come easy. I feel as much a part of this city as the cobblestone streets and the steel mills, people in this town expect an honest day’s work, and I’ve it to them for a long, long time.”
- Willie Stargell, late Pittsburgh Pirate
“I can skate enough to fight and enforce, not to actually play. If you need someone, give me a call.”
- James Harrison, Pittsburgh Quote
stated in an interview on the HBO 24/7 Winter Classic coverage
“Right now they’re back home in Magnitogorsk, but they’ll be coming with me to Vancouver, and then come to Pittsburgh after the Olympics. So then there will be borscht and a lot of goals.”
- Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Quote
