Royko, Mike Filmography

• Play in Full Screen Boss

  1998, role: writer
• Play in Full Screen Chicago and the Cubs: A Lifelong Love Affair

  1986, role: actor , character name: Narrator

Famous quotes by Mike Royko:

"The Newberry seemed the perfect place for Mike's papers, ... I'm sure he would be honored and humbled to know his columns and papers are in such good company with the works of his respected colleagues and those he admired. Now everything he saved, from his funny hand-written responses to readers to the get well letters he received, will be accessible to anyone who wants to see a more personal side of Mike."

"Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you do, there is one obvious cooking tip: Always remember to remove the bell from the cat's collar before cooking."

"Hey, Dennis, this is Mike! Kick me, please! I'll settle for the price of a set of golf clubs."

"So if you visit Chicago, enjoy the many great courses, the Midwestern friendliness, and the cities other amenities. But if a stranger with a goofy swing wants to play for more than loose change, take a pass. It's a long walk back to your hotel in bare feet."

"I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose."

"When I asked him how long he had been driving a taxi, he said, Dree mouse."

"New York didn't need that 1969 pennant...all Cub fans wanted was that one measly pennant. It would have kept us happy until the twenty-first century. But New York took that from us and I can never forgive that."

"The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons."

"Hating the (New York) Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax"

"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies."

"Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax."

"God tipped the country and all the fruits and nuts rolled west."

"When Michael Jordan quit, I suddenly found myself without a sports hero."

"Hollywood is right. A good and strong movie can have a more powerful social impact than any and all political speeches or newspaper editorials and columns."

"There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the root cause of the problem."

"Reagan's approach will achieve one of the basic goals of the conservative: Things remain basically the same. The rich stay rich and the poor stay poor, or even a little poorer."

"Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich."

"Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more forgiving of public people. They didn't think they had to stick someone in jail to make a career."

"Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience."