Indianapolis
Indianapolis, founded in 1821, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana, and also the county seat of Marion County. It is the 12th largest city in the United States and the 29th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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Quotes
[edit]- "Indianapolis, Indiana," said Constant, "is the first place in the United States of America where a white man was hanged for the murder of an Indian. The kind of people who'll hang a white man for murdering an Indian," said Constant, "that's the kind of people for me."
- Vonnegut, Kurt (1999) [1959] (paperback), The Sirens of Titan, Victor Gollancz Ltd, p. 314–315 (Also found on page 321 of the 1998 Dial Press trade paperback.)
- Ketterer, David (1974). New Worlds for Old: The Apocalyptic Imagination, Science Fiction, and American Literature. Indiana University Press. p. 319. ISBN 9780253340528.
- Keough, William (1990). Punchlines: The Violence of American Humor. Paragon House. p. 105. ISBN 9781557780843.
- Broer, Lawrence R. (1994). "The Sirens of Titan: Though This Be Madness,Yet There Is Method in It". Sanity Plea: Schizophrenia in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut. University of Alabama Press. p. 43. ISBN 9780817307523.
- Draper, Mike (2012). The Midwest: God's Gift to Planet Earth! An Illustrated Guide to the History and Culture of the Galaxy's Most Important Region. Raygun. p. 99. ISBN 9780578116198.
- I myself grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, where common speech sounds like a band saw cutting galvanized tin, and employs a vocabulary as un-ornamental as a monkey wrench... I trust my writing most and others seem to trust it most when I sound most like a person from Indianapolis, which is what I am.
- Vonnegut, Kurt (1970s), Anti-nuke speech given by Kurt Vonnegut at rally in Washington, D. C. republished in Palm Sunday (paperback) by Dial Press, in 1999, page 70, ISBN 0385334265 and Armageddon in Retrospect (paperback), published by Berkley Trade in 1999, page 1, ISBN 0425226891
- Whitson, S. Mont, ed (1988). Sense of Place in Appalachia. Office of Regional Development Services, Morehead State University. p. 88.
- Bennett, M. J. (1991). Four Powers of Communication: Skills for Effective Learning. McGraw-Hill. p. 75. ISBN 9780075571131.
- Hands, D. Wade (2001-04-09). Reflection Without Rules: Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory. Cambridge University Press. p. Front matter. ISBN 9780521797962.
- Stockman, Farah (2021-10-12). "After the Tweet". American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears. Random House Publishing Group. p. 45. ISBN 9781984801159.
- Minnick, Norman (2021-05-11). "Indianoplace; Or, What Results from Being Plunked Down On a Flat, Swampy, Heavily Forested Tract of Land". The Indianapolis Anthology. Belt Publishing. ISBN 9781953368164.
- Wilburs, Stephen (2022-12-01). Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders: Writing and Speaking with Confidence. Wiley. p. 129. ISBN 9781119573227.
- All my jokes are Indianapolis. All my attitudes are Indianapolis. My adenoids are Indianapolis. If I ever severed myself from Indianapolis, I would be out of business. What people like about me is Indianapolis.
- "Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture 1986". April 1986, at North Central High School
- (2014-04-10) "And so it goes: Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)". Indianapolis Star. ISSN 1930-2533. Retrieved on 2025-08-28.
- Aldrich, Sarah (2010-02-05). Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis. National Geographic. Retrieved on 2025-08-28.
- Boomhower, Ray E. (2018). "Kurt Vonnegut, Indianapolis and Slaughterhouse-Five". Indiana Originals: Hoosier Heroes & Heroines. Charleston, South Carolina, United States: The History Press. p. 81. ISBN 9781467140973.
- Kurt Vonnegut. Indiana Historical Society (2021).
- Granfalloon: Celebrating the Life and Work of Kurt Vonnegut. Indiana University (n.d.).
- Can't go west, can't go east
I'm stuck in Indianapolis
With a fuel pump that's deceased
Ten days on the road now
I'm four hours from my home town
Is this Hell or Indianapolis
With no way to get around?- The Bottle Rockets "Indianapolis" (1997), written by Brian Henneman from the album 24 Hours a Day
- (1998) "Stereo Review" 63: 87.
- Daniels, Casey (2022-04-12). Your Top 15 Song Playlist About The Hoosier State. WIBC-FM.
- Were you aware, though, that race fans sometimes have something to drink at the race? They want to come up and lick me. I’m not saying anything negative about Indianapolis or the race fans there, because I am one of them.
- Letterman, David (2015-06-12) . "Exclusive Post-Retirement Interview with David Letterman". Indianapolis Monthly. ISSN 0899-0328.
- Kaufman, Scott Eric (2015-06-12) . "David Letterman on life after retirement: I’m avoiding places where “people want to come up and lick me”". Salon.
Slogans
[edit]- No mean city.
- Benjamin Harrison, speaking to the Commercial Club in Indianapolis, on April 13, 1897, quoting Acts 21:39 (1919-05) "No Mean City". Indianapolis Medical Journal XXII (5): 260.
- Woollen, William Watson . "Marion County Bar: Reminiscences of the Early Marion County Bar". Indiana Historical Society Publications 7 (2): 207.
- Indianapolis mayor Charles A. Bookwalter adopted the slogan "Stand up for Indianapolis. No Mean City." and stated "I am myself, a citizen of no mean city.", in his 1905 re-election bid for mayor. On July 27, 1909, it was inscribed on the city's town hall cornerstone. Cierzniak, Libby (2013-11-02). Indianapolis Collected: The Butcher Who Saved City Hall. Retrieved on 2025-09-01.
- Re-adopted as a slogan in 2015/2016. Bartner, Amy (2016-09-23) . "How is No Mean City doing in luring people to Indy?". Indianapolis Star. ISSN 1930-2533.
