Indianapolis

thumb|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. ~ Kurt Vonnegut 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. Quotes "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." 1999 1959 The Sirens of Titan 220 Vonnegut Kurt Kurt Vonnegut Victor Gollancz Ltd paperback 314–315  (Also found on page 321 of the 1998 Dial Press trade paperback.) 319 New Worlds for Old: The Apocalyptic Imagination, Science Fiction, and American Literature 1974 David Ketterer 9780253340528 Indiana University Press 105 Punchlines: The Violence of American Humor William Keough 1990 9781557780843 Paragon House 43 The Sirens of Titan: Though This Be Madness,Yet There Is Method in It Sanity Plea: Schizophrenia in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut Lawrence R. Broer 1994 9780817307523 University of Alabama Press 99 The Midwest: God's Gift to Planet Earth! An Illustrated Guide to the History and Culture of the Galaxy's Most Important Region Mike Draper 2012 9780578116198 Raygun 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. 1970s Anti-nuke speech given by Kurt Vonnegut at rally in Washington, D. C. Vonnegut Kurt Kurt Vonnegut  republished in Palm Sunday (paperback) by Dial Press, in 1999, page 70, 0385334265 and Armageddon in Retrospect (paperback), published by Berkley Trade in 1999, page 1, 0425226891 88 1988 Sense of Place in Appalachia S. Mont Whitson Morehead State University Office of Regional Development Services, Morehead State University 75 1991 9780075571131 M. J. Bennett Four Powers of Communication: Skills for Effective Learning McGraw-Hill Front matter 2001-04-09 Reflection Without Rules: Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory 9780521797962 D. Wade Hands Cambridge University Press 45 American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears Farah Stockman 2021-10-12 9781984801159 Random House Publishing Group After the Tweet Indianoplace; Or, What Results from Being Plunked Down On a Flat, Swampy, Heavily Forested Tract of Land The Indianapolis Anthology Norman Minnick 2021-05-11 9781953368164 Belt Publishing 129 2022-12-01 Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders: Writing and Speaking with Confidence 9781119573227 Stephen Wilburs Wiley 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 (Indianapolis) North Central High School https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2014/04/11/kurt-vonnegut/7547825/ 2014-04-10 2025-08-28 And so it goes: Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) RetroIndy Indianapolis Star 1930-2533 2010-02-05 Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis Sarah Aldrich https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/kurt_vonneguts_indianapolis National Geographic 2025-08-28 2018 9781467140973 Indiana Originals: Hoosier Heroes & Heroines Boomhower Ray E. Kurt Vonnegut, Indianapolis and Slaughterhouse-Five The History Press Charleston, South Carolina, United States 81 2021 Kurt Vonnegut http://www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/reference/notable-hoosiers/kurt-vonnegut Indiana Historical Society https://guides.libraries.indiana.edu/c.php?g=1217442&p=8958441 Granfalloon: Celebrating the Life and Work of Kurt Vonnegut Indiana University n.d. 2025-08-28 Can't go west, can't go eastI'm stuck in IndianapolisWith a fuel pump that's deceasedTen days on the road nowI'm four hours from my home townIs this Hell or IndianapolisWith no way to get around? The Bottle Rockets "Indianapolis" (1997), written by Brian Henneman from the album 24 Hours a Day 87 CBS Magazines 1998 63 Stereo Review https://wibc.com/129199/indiana-songs/ WIBC-FM 2022-04-12 Casey Daniels 2025-08-29 Your Top 15 Song Playlist About The Hoosier State 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. 2015-06-12 Exclusive Post-Retirement Interview with David Letterman http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/arts-culture/exclusive-post-retirement-interview-david-letterman/ Letterman David David Letterman Indianapolis Monthly 0899-0328 8348365 2015-06-12 David Letterman on life after retirement: I’m avoiding places where “people want to come up and lick me” https://www.salon.com/2015/06/12/david_letterman_on_life_after_retirement_im_avoiding_places_where_people_want_to_come_up_and_lick_me/ Kaufman Scott Eric Salon (magazine) Salon 43916723 Slogans No mean city. Benjamin Harrison, speaking to the Commercial Club in Indianapolis, on April 13, 1897, quoting Acts 21:39 260 Indianapolis Medical Journal No Mean City 1919-05 XXII 5 William Watson Woollen Marion County Bar: Reminiscences of the Early Marion County Bar 207 Indiana Historical Society Publications Indiana Historical Society 7 2 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. https://historicindianapolis.com/indianapolis-collected-the-butcher-who-saved-city-hall/ Libby Cierzniak 2013-11-02 2025-09-01 Indianapolis Collected: The Butcher Who Saved City Hall Re-adopted as a slogan in 2015/2016. 2016-09-23 How is No Mean City doing in luring people to Indy? Life Indianapolis Star 1930-2533 Amy Bartner External links no no no no Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana no Q6346 no no Indianapolis Indianapolis' government portal Tourist information Hoosier Hall of Fame: Greatest Indiana Catchphrases in Indianapolis Monthly (2016-02-26)