Quotes about California

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California. Votes: 6

You haven't lived until you've died in California Votes: 5

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix. Votes: 5

Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California. Votes: 5

Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure. Votes: 5

In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows. Votes: 5

California is a fine place to live - if you happen to be an orange. Votes: 5

When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states. Votes: 5

Southern California is a nice place, if you could cut out the show-business cancer. It just keeps spreading. Votes: 5

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year. Votes: 5

As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future. Votes: 5

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that. Votes: 5

El Salvador has the scenery of northern California and the climate of southern California plus - and this was a relief - no Californians. Votes: 5

I remain California-bound Votes: 3

California: Sunny nutland. Votes: 3

Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom. Votes: 3

California, the department store state. Votes: 3

You're all welcome in California, Votes: 3

Life in California is beautiful. Votes: 3

I'm a typical California boy. Votes: 3

Hate California--it's cold and it's damp. Votes: 3

I love California. I love Hollywood. Votes: 3

California is always in my mind. Votes: 3

Move to California. Malibu is paradise. Votes: 3

I'm looking California and feeling Minnesota. Votes: 3

California: The west coast of Iowa. Votes: 3

I love California; everything is so artificial. Votes: 3

You can't have everything, even in California Votes: 3

Life is the longest death in California, Votes: 3

California is an Italy without its art. Votes: 3

I was born in Sherman Oaks, California. Votes: 3

I had fallen in love with California. Votes: 3

Everyone in California is from somewhere else. Votes: 3

I love California. It definitely represents wild freedom. Votes: 3

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes Votes: 3

I'm your biggest fan, California, I'm coming home Votes: 3

I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966. Votes: 3

I'm very much a hippie from Northern California. Votes: 3

I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California. Votes: 3

I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961. Votes: 3

I'm from California, and still live in LA. Votes: 3

Ninety-five percent of all brussels sprouts come from California. Votes: 3

California is choosing between the lesser of, uh, 300 evils. Votes: 3

I'm healthier in California, probably a little happier, maybe. Votes: 3

The only grounds for divorce in California are marriage. Votes: 3

Los Angeles makes the rest of California seem authentic. Votes: 3

California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music. Votes: 3

For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space. Votes: 3

They write songs about California girls for a reason. Votes: 3

Southern California, where the American Dream came too true. Votes: 3

I'm really into California art from the '60s. Votes: 3

Obviously California is fantastic in terms of produce, vegetables. Votes: 3

Welcome to Anaheim, California, my fellow broken-down, washed-up wrestler. Votes: 3

I never really felt like I belonged in California. Votes: 3

I hear the weed is really strong in California... Votes: 3

Once I'm done, I'm done. I'm going to California, Votes: 3

Concord, California was a great place to grow up. Votes: 3

The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity. Votes: 3

Southern California, they have been amazing. They're totally with us. Votes: 3

The studio scene in California is sort of ridiculous anyway. Votes: 3

I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines. Votes: 3

Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread. Votes: 3

I lead an introverted and boring life here in California. Votes: 3

I went to college for about a year in California. Votes: 3

California, here I come, right back where I started from. Votes: 3

California weather is worth all the geniuses in New York. Votes: 3

Get my kush in California, Get my dro from Arizona Votes: 3

California is no longer a state, it's a hedge fund. Votes: 3

We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. Votes: 3

California just is so deeply left, particularly coastal. It just is. Votes: 3

Among many U. S. wine consumers, California holds a strong position. Votes: 3

In California, especially Northern California, the fans really cheer for me. Votes: 3

I like California a lot more than New York these days. Votes: 3

In California, there is a strong tension between north and south. Votes: 3

It's a really good time for California right now in music. Votes: 3

California ... produces the maximum of scenery and the minimum of weather ... Votes: 3

I've lived in California for six years and I've never surfed. Votes: 3

Move to California - my first impression of the Wild West. Votes: 3

But indeed a market like California is not good for Enron. Votes: 3

I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile. Votes: 3

California has more distractions, more activities for the kids, more driving. Votes: 3

I'd rather be in prison in California than free anywhere else. Votes: 3

Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British. Votes: 3

California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California. Votes: 3

[Jerry Brown] is California's way of celebrating the Year of the Child. Votes: 3

The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California. Votes: 3

California, in a sense, is almost Starbucks' largest country, with almost 3,000 stores. Votes: 3

My graduate studies were carried out at the California Institute of Technology. Votes: 3

In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California. Votes: 3

Lancaster, California ... that promised land sometimes called 'the west coast of Iowa. Votes: 3

California is a tragic country - like Palestine, like every Promised Land. Votes: 3

All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm. Votes: 3

My career in racing started at a very young age in California. Votes: 3

'Christopher Walken' is my "Hotel California," but I've done it so much Votes: 3

I don't want anyone to think that I've been lost to California. Votes: 3

Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else. Votes: 3

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors. Votes: 3

I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing. Votes: 3

I'm a California girl. I grew up in Inglewood right by LAX. Votes: 3

I'll write about California someday, I imagine, but I don't know when. Votes: 3

I like to go for a little drive up the California coast. Votes: 3

I love being a gypsy. Home is between New York and California. Votes: 3

If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere. Votes: 3

Canadians shouldn't come down to Southern California and take jobs away from Mexicans. Votes: 3

But the most important thing is, Enron did not cause the California crisis. Votes: 3

California, the department-store state. The most of everything and the best of nothing. Votes: 3

What's right for New York or California, is not necessarily right for Iowa. Votes: 3

Everybody knows what California smog is - that's fog with the vitamins removed. Votes: 3

Everything is drive-through. In California, they even have a burial service called Jump-In-The-Box. Votes: 3

I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career Votes: 3

The smack of California earth shall linger on the palate of your grandson. Votes: 3

I am the ultimate California girl, which is funny, being that I'm Canadian. Votes: 3

I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career. Votes: 3

Oregon is outflanking California as the most left wing state in the union. Votes: 3

The forest fires are the worst disaster in California since I was elected. Votes: 3

But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey. Votes: 3

Washington is dangerously positioned between two Canadas, Canada Canada and California's Canada, Oregon. Votes: 3

We have seen the Democrat solution to an energy crisis; it's called California. Votes: 3

California can and does furnish the best bad things that are obtainable in America. Votes: 3

whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California. Votes: 3

As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California. Votes: 3

They turned the country up on its side, and everything loose fell into California. Votes: 3

These French-style caramels are handmade in California. It's always hard to give them away! Votes: 3

California is the most reactionary state in America. Fascist sentiments are very strong here. Votes: 3

Memphis was almost like going to California. Beale Street was the black man's street. Votes: 3

Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot. Votes: 3

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year. Votes: 3

I travelled to California when I was 18 and went to Los Angeles State College. Votes: 3

There is a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada. Votes: 3

By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days. Votes: 3

Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality. Votes: 3

I moved to California not to pursue acting but to get out of Albuquerque. Votes: 3

I will defend Korea as I would my own country-just as I would California. Votes: 3

I mean, I'm humble... to me, I'm just a regular cat from Oakland, California. Votes: 3

I mean, I love California, but LA to me is still a strange place. Votes: 3

What you do to these men on California's Death Row, you do to God. Votes: 3

California has all the beauties of youth as well as its idiocies and vices ... Votes: 3

I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country. Votes: 3

My family is from Elmhurst, Queens, 54th Avenue, but I was born in Northern California. Votes: 3

Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique. Votes: 3

Avicenna California...Museum of my twisted youth, vault of my dearest and most disgusting memories. Votes: 3

I kinda like the duality of California and the dark side, the underbelly of California. Votes: 3

The hardest part about moving from nice California weather was the freezing cold New York. Votes: 3

The California cemeteries make dying sound so attractive it's a real effort to keep breathing. Votes: 3

I love Disneyland because the teacups are so awesome. But California Adventure is the best. Votes: 3

California had its first medical marijuana job fair. Over 2 million people meant to show up. Votes: 3

My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. Votes: 3

We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in California and mine is in Texas Votes: 3

I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California. Votes: 3

Each time that I have two or three days off, I'm off somewhere in California. Votes: 3

When I was still in high school I knew I wanted to live in California. Votes: 3

You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma. Votes: 3

I love driving; driving along the California coastline is the best drive in the world. Votes: 3

When I'm shooting in other cities, I'm just trying to make it look like California. Votes: 3

My mom was born in San Diego, around Vista. So we've always been California people. Votes: 3

I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche. Votes: 3

When I was growing up, I didn't know there was a world outside of California. Votes: 3

I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.' Votes: 3

We have to make sure everyone in California has a great job. A fantastic job! Votes: 3

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. Votes: 3

My most memorable teacher was Rich Campe, my third-grade teacher at Fairlands Elementary in Pleasanton, California. Votes: 3

Living in Maryland, I saw that the opportunities were far greater in California than back home. Votes: 3

In California, thieves have three choices: They can go to prison, Sacramento, or Washington D.C. Votes: 3

I think it's the snack food industry that's really pushing the marijuana legalization issue in California. Votes: 3

Think of the Republican Party as the opposition to the Democrats. It doesn't exist in California! Votes: 3

Think of the Republican Party as the opposition to the Democrats. It doesn't exist in California! Votes: 3

When completed, Disney's California Adventure will feel more immersive and richer. It will have more heart. Votes: 3

When California provides the same value as other locations, I'd gladly shoot all my pictures here. Votes: 3

I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships. Votes: 3

I always tell people I romanticize about doing something simple, like doing radio in northern California. Votes: 3

In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie. Votes: 3

Living in Maryland, I saw that the opportunities were far greater in California than back home Votes: 3

Failing to continue to support the public higher-ed system in California will have devastating long-term consequences. Votes: 3

The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land. Votes: 3

I come from a small town in Maryland. I came to California in 1972 to begin Maude. Votes: 3

I'm a California girl, and I'd love to restore a sense of place to Southern California. Votes: 3

When I was a kid, I always wanted to live in California because I liked skateboarding. Votes: 3

I liked girls with pale skin because I am a California boy, tanned and blonde hair. Votes: 3

The rain is giving much needed relief to California's crops. By that I mean 'marijuana.' Votes: 3

Because I live in California now, I find my musings really being centered in this world. Votes: 3

Even though I grew up surfing and sailing in Southern California, I was born horse crazy. Votes: 3

My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the best. Votes: 3

Will you take me as I am? Strung out on another man...California, I'm comin' home. Votes: 3

I was never a pipe or bong man. That's California stuff. I was an Eastern roller. Votes: 3

Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California. Votes: 3

There's no place on earth with more dumb girls per square foot than a college in California. Votes: 3

I grew up in Southern California, Simi Valley. I've lived in the same house all my life. Votes: 3

All things start in California and spread to New Jersey, then to London and then throughout Europe. Votes: 3

I'm happy wherever I go, whatever I do. I'm happy in Iowa, I'm happy here in California. Votes: 3

The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That's the easiest way to put it. Votes: 3

I grew up in Orange County, California, all over the beaches of San Clemente and that area. Votes: 3

California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands. Votes: 3

We give tremendous amounts of money to California - California in many ways is out of control. Votes: 3

I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools. Votes: 3

Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that. Votes: 3

Are there are fireflies on the West Coast? I never saw any when I lived in California. Votes: 3

I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time. Votes: 3

The first time I came to California was in January 2013, when I auditioned for 'Vampire Academy.' Votes: 3

From time to time the continent shifts, and everything that isn't fastened down slides into Southern California. Votes: 3

I grew up in Boston, so it's a nice change to be cold after living in California. Votes: 3

There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write. Votes: 3

Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war. Votes: 3

As one California winemaker said, "We release no wine before the bank tells us that its ready." Votes: 3

To capture a California sunset in South Pasadena is to hold an angel's wings with bated breath. Votes: 3

Saying you're an alcoholic and an addict is like saying you're from Los Angeles and from California. Votes: 3

Together we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California. Votes: 3

Every gun regulation that President [Barack] Obama has advocated for, California has already. And it didn't stop terrorism. Votes: 3

I have thought of relocating, somewhere where I'd be more appreciated. California, perhaps. I could teach earthquake preparedness. Votes: 3

My mother was very involved with Cesar Chavez's work on behalf of the migrant farm workers in California. Votes: 3

California is an unusual and electric kind of state - it's wonderful. All sorts of things happen there. Votes: 3

When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York. Votes: 3

Besides great climates and lovely beaches, California and Greece share a fondness for dysfunctional politics and feckless budgeting. Votes: 3

Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi. Votes: 3

In California, up to 15 percent of wells in agricultural areas exceed a federal contaminant threshold, according to studies. Votes: 3

I live on the beautiful Northern California coast. I have always loved hiking, whale watching and being outdoors. Votes: 3

On 'Justified', we're driving all around Southern California trying to find a location that we can call Kentucky. Votes: 3

You know, a huge drain on California's economy is the illegal immigrants. We need to close the borders. Votes: 3

I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California. Votes: 3

It never occurred to me that I could live in California. Now I can't imagine living anywhere else. Votes: 3

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times. Votes: 3

Larry Flynt, running for governor of California. His goal - change our state bird to the spread eagle. Votes: 3

I love living in California and being able to go to the beach or go to the woods. Votes: 3

I won the youth vote in Massachusetts and in California. I did very well with it in Ohio. Votes: 3

In California everyone goes to a therapist, is a therapist, or is a therapist going to a therapist. Votes: 3

Somebody asked my friend Bob Seger, Why do you think the Eagles broke up? He said, Hotel California. Votes: 3

My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California. Votes: 3

Hey, I didn't make a big deal out of Hotel California. The 18 million people that bought it did. Votes: 3

The problems in California have been that it's been very difficult to site and build new power plants. Votes: 3

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in. Votes: 3

in California I began to think that, except on the beaches, no-one had the use of their legs. Votes: 3

Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California. Votes: 3

I'll always consider myself a Southerner. A lot of people put California down, but my dreams were realized there. Votes: 3

We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny. Votes: 3

On 'Justified,' we're driving all around Southern California trying to find a location that we can call Kentucky. Votes: 3

With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education. Votes: 3

California is beautiful to look at, but you can't be a part of it like you can in Michigan. Votes: 3

California is a great big nation of one They never knew what they wanted 'til it was already gone Votes: 3

California is maybe the richest place in the world. They're destroying the best public education system in the world. Votes: 3

Thunderstorms were rare in California, but when they came they were, like most things in California, larger than life. Votes: 3

The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry. Votes: 3

California is going to be quite good for the Democrats. But the rest of the country is a draw. Votes: 3

It's exciting for me to be home in California where I'm from and to be working with Victoria's Secret. Votes: 3

I was born and raised in California and benefited from California's excellent public schools, from kindergarten through medical school. Votes: 3

I'm in California a lot; I go overseas sometimes and I meet more Hells Angels than other Angels do. Votes: 3

Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year. Votes: 3

You have a real asset-price bubble in places like parts of California and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Votes: 3

No matter where I was, my compass pointed west. I would always know what time it was in California. Votes: 3

My blood is too thick for California: I have never been able to properly explain myself in this climate. Votes: 3

California is a place in which a boom mentality and a sense of Chekhovian loss meet in uneasy suspension. Votes: 3

Things are tough all over, cupcake, an' it rains on the just an' the unjust alike...except in California. Votes: 3

California, more than any other part of the Union, is a country by itself, and San Francisco a capital. Votes: 3

Toronto's one of my favourite places. If I were to move anywhere out of California, it would be Toronto. Definitely. Votes: 3

If California ever developed a vineyard rating system, Saxum's James Berry Vineyard would be classified as one of the best. Votes: 3

I'm not really a Hollywood person. Not that I don't like L.A., but I'm just a Northern California guy. Votes: 3

I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka. Votes: 3

It's highly competitive to be here. People don't come to California to drop out anymore. It's a very striving place. Votes: 3

I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream. Votes: 3

California is responsible for selling, trading and distributing large amounts of shark fins that come from all over the world. Votes: 3

My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen. Votes: 3

Arnold Schwarzenegger cut teacher's salaries and parks and libraries rather than raise taxes for the many California millionaires and billionaires. Votes: 3

I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream Votes: 3

I did my undergraduate work at the University of California when it was still affordable. But tuition keeps on rising. Votes: 3

I like California a lot. There's a lot of space, but it's actually the most populated place in the nation. Votes: 3

I like living in California. I think it's the best state, although we're supposedly the most hated state of all. Votes: 3

Since I had my gastric bypass surgery in 1998, I eat like a bird. Unfortunately, that bird is a California condor. Votes: 3

The way they dress here (California), your head is always in the stands. All those bikinis, your eyes get tired. Votes: 3

I always made a living as an actor when I came to California. I never had to do anything else. Votes: 3

Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map. Votes: 3

I feel so fortunate. I was brought up along the beaches in Southern California, and then got to have horses. Votes: 3

Miss Piggy and Chicken Little may rest easy, but gay people in Florida and California can no longer get married. Votes: 3

California is our biggest economy. California is our biggest agricultural producer. So what happens here matters to every working American. Votes: 3

Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii. Votes: 3

Many militarists would like to see California's votes vanish from the national electoral system, which would then become more Republican. Votes: 3

They're (California Angels) like the American League All-Star team, and that's their problem, the American League All-Star team always loses. Votes: 3

Every time I come, I'm still amazed at the breadth California has. Big Sur, Yosemite, the desert... I love it. Votes: 3

And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California Votes: 3

I lived in Arizona, and I thought Florida was in California because I thought oranges came from the same place. Votes: 3

I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be competition. Votes: 3

I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California. Votes: 3

My wife and I have spent half our lives, half our adult lives, trying to save special parts of California. Votes: 3

California became the last state in the west to regulate groundwater usage. The state`s first-ever mandatory water restrictions soon followed. Votes: 3

If the rock band U2 had been born in Orange County, California, would they have become just another church worship band? Votes: 3

The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California. Votes: 3

The White House is apparently pushing to create more Latino-themed landmarks. Now that's in addition to our current Latino-themed landmark, California. Votes: 3

The attraction and superiority of California are in its days. It has better days & more of them, than any other country. Votes: 3

In California virtually everyone has had their teeth whitened. If they all smiled at once, they would give us a headache. Votes: 3

I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people. Votes: 3

I like to drink, I like to smoke I like to chill and get high In my California state of mind. Votes: 3

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine. Votes: 3

I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space. Votes: 3

In California, we are a sixty percent Hispanic state, we elected an Austrian governor. Even old Nazis are going That's weird. Votes: 3

Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another. Votes: 3

Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought. Votes: 3

Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business. Votes: 3

Already this war on gangs in California is taking money from universities to build prisons, and the universities have some clout. Votes: 3

I won't have to miss smoking any more. Nobody smokes where I'm going: It's like a row of restaurants in California. Votes: 3

I don't think the state of California realized there would be this many people here caught up in the freeway system." Votes: 3

I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me. Votes: 3

If I cared deeply about what people thought of me, I probably would have never made it out of Compton, California. Votes: 3

I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles. Votes: 3

I don't think the state of California realized there would be this many people here caught up in the freeway system. Votes: 3

I sort of lived half my life in California, half in England, so I am, I suppose, a little bit American. Votes: 3

I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment. Votes: 3

My accountant tells me I can't be a California resident anymore. I spend too much of my time in New York. Votes: 3

I'm from California, I know what's up with this. You keep raising people's taxes eventually they are going to say no. Votes: 3

What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next? Votes: 3

I've been in California for about 15 years now. You're always in your car and insulated. I miss New York so much. Votes: 3

I have a really good band, and just returned from a short tour in California. It hasn't always gone that well. Votes: 3

We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges. Votes: 3

I have looked for the center of the art scene. I went to Paris as a student. I lived in Venice, California. Votes: 3

I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement. Votes: 3

I'm from Southern California, so I feel much more comfortable with a golf club in my hand than I do a weapon. Votes: 3

I came out to California from Texas, to the Haight, and the Fillmore and all that stuff, and totally got the bug. Votes: 3

The thing that really surprised me about strip malls in California, specifically Los Angeles, is that they have some really fantastic restaurants. Votes: 3

It kills me when people talk about California hedonism. Anybody who talks about California hedonism has never spent a Christmas in Sacramento. Votes: 3

California's economy is declining so rapidly that candidates are asking 'Are you better off now then you were four minutes ago?' Votes: 3

When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here. Votes: 3

A new restaurant here in Southern California requires women to wear high heels. I'm outraged! This is sexist! Why just the women? Votes: 3

We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California. Votes: 3

I never would force the Justice Department to go to California and arrest people getting medical marijuana, when that's the law there. Votes: 3

California is like the hot blond high school chick who's been getting by on her looks, but now she's 45 and falling apart. Votes: 3

The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things. Votes: 3

Is it a misfortune that magnificent California was seized from the lazy Mexicans who did not know what to do with it. Votes: 3

Major part of the Southern California pop scene in the 60s "People think that love is an emotion. Love is good sense." Votes: 3

As someone who has grown up living in Southern California, I know all too well about the costs and scarcities of water. Votes: 3

in California death is one of the most successfully kept secrets there is. If you doubt this, try to find a cemetery. Votes: 3

My first memory is on a ship from California back to Sydney. Water is just a natural place of home and not home. Votes: 3

I was raised in California, so this whole New York winter thing is completely new for me. I've already justified buying seven coats! Votes: 3

I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work. Votes: 3

I'm really into California art from the '60s. I like a lot of Bay Area artists, like Nathan Oliveira and Bruce Conner. Votes: 3

If you're in California and it's raining, stay home, because nobody can drive in the rain. It's like it's raining frogs. They're terrified. Votes: 3

If you're in California, and it's raining, stay home because nobody can drive in the rain. It's like it's raining frogs. They're terrified. Votes: 3

I've opened up my school in California in a beautiful facility on Ventura Boulevard. I'm always in heaven when I'm doing my classes. Votes: 3

The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for. Votes: 3

California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization. Votes: 3

I live in Hollywood, California. It's absolutely nothing like Absaroka County, Wyoming. For me, it's a great escape and I really enjoy it. Votes: 3

Taking significant amounts of carbon out of our economy without harming its vibrancy is exactly the sort of challenge at which California excels. Votes: 3

While there is an attempt by the Trump people to say that California isn't really America. California certainly seems like America to me. Votes: 3

In California, the fabulously rich support the poor with government jobs, paid for by the middle class which is now living in Arizona. Votes: 3

Here in California, we passed a law against texting while driving. But there's no law preventing you from writing a letter while driving. Votes: 3

I'm very proud that the state of Vermont banned fracking. I hope communities all over California, and all over America do the same. Votes: 3

Nowhere can it rain harder and with a more tiresome persistence than in California during the brief season when it rains at all. Votes: 3

For 'Breaking Bad,' our offices were in the ugliest building in Burbank, California. Which, if you know Burbank, is really saying something. Votes: 3

Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard, to do business. Votes: 3

If you want to find out what the future of the Republican Party is if Hillary Clinton wins, take a look at California. Votes: 3

As weird as it is, as much as I love Southern California, the reality is I'm going to be somewhere else next season. Votes: 3

I think my best memories are when I go home to California and I get play beach volleyball with my friends from home. Votes: 3

I love Wales, and Cardiff is great, but if I could just have the weather we have in California, it would be perfect. Votes: 3

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy. Votes: 3

California Marijuana farmers are worried that radiation from Japan could affect their crops. Or maybe for some strange reason they're just being paranoid. Votes: 3

I'm thankful for Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid, which taught us that Alaska is not in a box off the coast of California. Votes: 3

The people of California clearly have the right to prohibit the sale of a product that is the result of abject animal abuse. Votes: 3

We agreed that we cannot let personal political attacks get in the way of doing the very best we can for California's children Votes: 3

We agreed that we cannot let personal political attacks get in the way of doing the very best we can for California's children. Votes: 3

Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884. Votes: 3

Coming from California and growing up where I did, I've always had a fondness for and innate sensitivity to light, texture, and warmth. Votes: 3

Scientists in California have discovered a chemical in the brain that causes use of Windows in otherwise normal human beings. It's called alcohol. Votes: 3

There's also this weirdness to California, this darkness, it's a place where people come to follow their dreams and sometimes don't make it. Votes: 3

How can people in California have problems with their feet?" asks Molly moving around Olive with a plate of sandwichesDon't they drive everywhere?" Votes: 3

It's the most important decision I've had to make since 1978 when I decided to get abikini wax. [On his running for California Governor] Votes: 3

The Urban Literate Southern California Sub-Group of the Early Atomic Period has not yet produced a distinct body of folk music of its own. Votes: 3

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them. Votes: 3

I am glad it's [California novel] resonated with people because, for me, most apocalyptic novels aren't scary, because they feel so very far off. Votes: 3

It's very personal in California to live within hours, and sometimes just a few miles, of earthquake faults when nuclear plants were being built. Votes: 3

One identity is as a television writer, which is very classically Southern California, but another of my personae is as a New Yorker cartoonist. Votes: 3

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants. Votes: 3

Britain, and my hometown, will always be with me wherever I go and whatever I do - but I prefer to live in California. Votes: 3

Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena. Votes: 3

I spend a lot of time in California, but New York is still my main home. I go to see a lot of theater. Votes: 3

Professionally, I decided to commit a lot of my time to California because there wasn't a whole lot happening for me in New York. Votes: 3

I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it. Votes: 3

California is the only state in the union where you can fall asleep under a rose bush in full bloom and freeze to death. Votes: 3

We're looking forward to a great season at the University of California - if we find a way to put cleats on their sandals. Votes: 3

There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people from California. Votes: 3

In California, it's hard to buy all the media, no matter how much money you raise or spend, because it's such a huge state. Votes: 3

They say California's the big burrito; Texas is a big taco right now. We want to follow that through. Florida is a big tamale. Votes: 3

I live in California, so I do stand-up paddle board, which is a killer workout. I also run, about four miles every three days. Votes: 3

Texas has done a very good job of securing their borders with the help of the federal government. California has done a good job. Votes: 3

I just didn't know what the heck I wanted to do with my life, so I drove out to California and got really lucky. Votes: 3

Arnold Schwarzenegger is now governor of California. He is a very shrewd man - he already has all of his sex scandals behind him. Votes: 3

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion will live here in only the most temporary way. Votes: 3

One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts. Votes: 3

I'm living in California but I have a place that is mine in Chile and I belong there. I am no longer an exile. Votes: 3

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way. Votes: 3

I will embrace the first opportunity to get to California and it is altogether probable that when once there I shall never again leave it. Votes: 3

I was never a part of the Actor's Studio, because two friends of mine started it in 1947 and by that time I'd gone to California. Votes: 3

In our public life, California is on the verge of being a failed state, and no state has failed in the history of this country. Votes: 3

I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good. Votes: 3

The turkey that President Obama will pardon this Thanksgiving is from California. The turkey said, "I don't need a pardon. I need a job.' Votes: 3

Honestly, are we ever going to get over 'California Girls' by Katy Perry? I know it's old, but that song - I love that song! Votes: 3

I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good." Votes: 3

Five people in robes said they are bigger than the voters of California and Congress combined. And bigger than God. May He forgive us all. Votes: 3

California produces 40% of America's fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts - the kind you eat. We have had a bumper crop of the other variety, too. Votes: 3

The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because what happens here matters everywhere. The nation often follows where California goes. Votes: 3

I think, and a lot of that has to do with where I grew up in California; [status] isn't something I think about that much. Votes: 3

All the clothes in my closet are Oakland, California, clothes. You can't wear those anywhere else. The barometric pressure drops and then where are you? Votes: 3

I was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California. I was very athletic, playing volleyball and softball. I did gymnastics for about ten years, too. Votes: 3

If California is any indicator, I'm proud that the public here saw right through it and registered in record numbers and voted in record numbers. Votes: 3

Being president of the University of California is like being manager of a cemetery: there are many people under you, but no one is listening Votes: 3

In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $724,000. Votes: 3

I have family dotted everywhere - Dad's in California; I've got aunts in Scotland and Virginia; family in Kansas City; family in Manchester and London. Votes: 3

My job is to file things! I'm not going to be like, "Mr. Jacobsen from Oakland, California" - just listing his problems, like a rap. Votes: 3

Here in California, one candidate for governor is a 100-year-old woman. She's going door-to-door and asking one simple question - 'Do I live here?' Votes: 3

In California, 50 women protested the impending war with Iraq by lying on the ground naked and spelling out the word peace. Right idea, wrong president. Votes: 3

I consider myself to be more real-sized than most of the actresses in California and in show business. They're very small. They're like miniature people. Votes: 3

Fences would be a hindrance to terrorists should they decide to come across a land border between the U.S. and Mexico and to California. Votes: 3

In California today, you may save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you would by not showering for six entire months. Votes: 3

Had a powerful meditation just now - caused an earthquake in Southern California. ...Was meditating on Shiva mantra & earth began to shake. Sorry about that. Votes: 3

I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California Votes: 3

I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California. Votes: 3

Battering down solar cells on the roofs of Wal-Marts in California. I think that will be some of the highest-return investments that anyone ever makes. Votes: 3

Nobody can tell about this California climate. One minit its hot and the next minit its cold, so a person never knows what to hock. Votes: 3

You know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photographs start. I mean, we have no history out here. Votes: 3

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft Votes: 3

I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village. Votes: 3

The United States is a rogue state violating international law in many, many ways that California wouldn't have to if it seceded and became a nation. Votes: 3

The hardest thing about moving to California from Connecticut was just missing my family. If I went back, it would be just because I was homesick. Votes: 3

I think the executives have matured enough so that they recognize that we have a two-party system. In California, we have more than a two-party system. Votes: 3

If I'm going to meditate, there is a little church up in Montecito, California. It's an old Spanish mission, actually. I find it comforting in there. Votes: 3

Iranians call California and Iran 'sister cities;' they're very much alike. Iranians feel at home here and the weather is so close to Iranian weather. Votes: 3

The travel and tourism industry is the lifeblood of many states around the country - including Florida, California, New York and Nevada, to name a few. Votes: 3

I will defend everybody, every man, woman and child who's come to California for a better life and has contributed to the well-being of our state. Votes: 3

It's a tough problem that a company faces once they branch out beyond one set of offices in California into that big bad world out there. Votes: 3

I'm a full-blooded Mexican. My mother was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, and my father - the son of Mexican immigrants - was born near Fresno, California. Votes: 3

Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico? Votes: 3

No matter where you put me, I don't care if it is North Carolina, Florida, California, New York City; I'm going to be who I am. Votes: 3

Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Votes: 3

Then, on my way to California, I decided to stop in New York to do some research. I couldn't leave, because that's where the music was! Votes: 3

I like California but I'm dyed-in-the-wool Oklahoma. I see a deer in L.A., and everybody's standing around it taking pictures. Back home, that's the enemy! Votes: 3

I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California. Votes: 3

Hey boys, come up here!" Lee's excited shout bounced from rock to rock down the gulch. "I've got all of California right here in this pan! Votes: 3

One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook. Votes: 3

When I was filming 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' in America, for a couple of weeks beforehand we would always fit in a family holiday in California. Votes: 3

What we do know is that the era of climate change is upon us and the extraordinary in California today will become the ordinary of tomorrow. Votes: 3

If you ask me what I'd rather be doing, well, I'd rather be home in California, watching TV, polishing my tools and working around the ranch. Votes: 3

I'd like to talk to Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'cause I live in California and I just want to see that canned, chemical filled body in my office. Votes: 3

Clearly, high energy prices will have a large negative effect on the California economy and could possibly drag the rest of the nation into a recession. Votes: 3

Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage. Votes: 3

I've lived in California for half of my life. It's weird, everyone thinks of me as this guy who's from the South ... I'm really a Californian. Votes: 3

We are incarcerating more people on a per capita basis in California than any country in the world other than South Africa or the Soviet Union. Votes: 3

I've written a lot about southern California, but I don't use the same characters. Leave the people in the songs in the songs, is my philosophy. Votes: 3

We would go down to Riverside, California, which is very poor now, but that's where my grandfather grew up. He grew up during the Depression in Riverside. Votes: 3

I moved from Philadelphia to California when I was 25, after traveling abroad for a year. I thought I'd come home eventually and settle down, but I didn't. Votes: 3

I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done. Votes: 3

I've had an interesting time adjusting to New York. I'm from California and I'm very much a California girl. I feel lucky to officially say I'm bi-coastal. Votes: 3

That was a mistake, I guess, going out to California. They have these things called guidance counselors in high school. They drink a lot of herbal tea. Votes: 3

On my recent trip to the Mexico border, Border Patrol agents in California told me they have arrested the same coyotes 20 times, but they are not prosecuted. Votes: 3

The movie industry has been contacting me. I have been auditioning - that's actually why I am in California. I was here meeting with studios and auditioning. Votes: 3

I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor. Votes: 3

In all my stories and novels, no one ever escapes Louisiana. Maybe that is because my soul never left Louisiana, although my body did go to California. Votes: 3

One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public transport. I took driving lessons. Votes: 3

Lonely as God, and white as a winter moon, Mount Shasta starts up sudden and solitary from the heart of the great black forests of Northern California Votes: 3

The Statue of Liberty is meant to be shorthand for a country so unlike its parts that a trip from California to Indiana should require a passport. Votes: 3

I want to caucus in Iowa. I'll caucus all over the state. I don't caucus in California. You don't caucus where you live. It doesn't look good. Votes: 3

I've got a Don Baylor," J.T. said."California sucks this year."Ralph snickered. "I wouldn't use a Baylor card to scrape dog shit off the street. Votes: 3

If we continue as we have for the past 20 years in California, in the year 2020, everybody in the State will either be in prison or running one. Votes: 3

If it turns out that Barry Bonds used steroids to bulk up and add muscle mass, he could get four to eight years as governor of California Votes: 3

My friends tell me I'm the most boring celebrity they know! A typical night for me is at home in California or watching movies in my pyjamas. Votes: 3

No, he hadn’t just dragged her to California. He’d dragged her into a cursed eternity. A burden that should have been his alone to bear. Votes: 3

And if California slides into the ocean, as the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this hotel will be standing until I've paid my bill. Votes: 3

For some reason and I don't know why, but I don't think that I'm funny in California. So I always want to do my movies east somewhere. Votes: 3

A guy friend and I went to California Pizza Kitchen, and a group of pretty girls came over to us and said, 'You guys are gay, right? Votes: 3

I was aware that a quarter of the children in the country are born in poverty, and that the condition of public schools in California was disastrous. Votes: 3

The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Hermosa Beach, California. Votes: 3

I am very lucky to live in California, which is not only filled with very entrepreneurial people who don't wait around for success, but who make their own. Votes: 3

One thing they don't have out here in California is Rita's Italian Ices. We used to have one right next to our house and it was so good! Votes: 3

A guy friend and I went to California Pizza Kitchen, and a group of pretty girls came over to us and said, 'You guys are gay, right?' Votes: 3

And we need a full affront on an energy crisis that is real in California and looms for other parts of our country if we don't move quickly. Votes: 3

When they were putting oil rigs up and down the California coast, the whole issue of safe energy and the addiction to fossil fuels really came into focus. Votes: 3

I have 52 first cousins. My mom and dad were the only two to move to North America, so I've got deep family there, but I'm a California kid. Votes: 3

When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500. Votes: 3

If there was any other place I would live, other than Miami, it would be California. It's beautiful. The weather is just gorgeous, I love being here, too. Votes: 3

In California there were nuggets the size of walnuts lying on the ground—or so it was said, and truth travels slowly when rumors have wings of gold. Votes: 3

Jesse Helms wants me to move to the right, Lowell Weiker wants me to move to the left, and Teddy Kennedy wants me to move back to California. Votes: 3

As a kid growing up in Southern California, I was a frequent visitor to the Disneyland and developed a deep love of the magic and wonder of Disney. Votes: 3

I live in California, the worst place in the world for fat people. There are three of us. They have us on eight-hour shifts, so it works out. Votes: 3

All of a sudden, I feel very old and very tired. Maybe when I get to California, the smog, brush fires, floods, and earthquakes will cheer me up. Votes: 3

I was born and raised in Queens and moved into the city as a young adult. Then I ended up acting and decided to run off to California. Votes: 3

My brother Julio and I worked to improve the quality of wines from California and to put fine wine on American dinner tables at a price people could afford Votes: 3

When I first arrived in America, the very first place I came was California, and I rented a house in Trance, which is about half an hour from Malibu. Votes: 3

I was raised with the Bible Belt mentality, and by coming to California, I came out of this dark place and unlearned a lot of things I'd been taught. Votes: 3

I have two houses in California, and they're both within a couple of minutes from the beach. So, I definitely feel at home in California and by the ocean. Votes: 3

Most of the people in my family were pretty funny. Everyone had a good sense of humor. I came to California right after college, wanting to be a musician. Votes: 3

In California, I do like to just chill out and go to the beach, but I love the energy here. I feel very productive when I'm in New York. Votes: 3

When I go to vote for anything, I always pencil in the proposition to return California and Texas to Mexico. I'm the one person that's voting for that one. Votes: 3

In the rural South, 'Bubba' is like how people say 'dude' in California. It's a name for a regular Southern man. I know a Chinese Bubba, a black Bubba. Votes: 3

California, where the spring comes in the fall and the fall comes in the summer and the summer comes in the winter and the winter never comes at all ... Votes: 3

I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. And I travel a tremendous amount. I'm in New York and California a lot, but then also I like faraway places a lot. Votes: 3

Probably the first time I was a boss was when I was associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Southern California. I was in my early 30s. Votes: 3

I'm a New Yorker. Matter of fact, the more I'm in places like Texas and California, the more I know I'm a New Yorker. I have no confusions. About that. Votes: 3

I grew up in California, which was not - at least in the '50s and '60s - a cultural oasis by any means. Certainly not Orange County, anyway. Votes: 3

In high school, I worked at The Video Room in Oakland, California. It had the largest selection of laser discs in the Bay Area. One guy owned all of them. Votes: 3

I am calling on everyone in this state to put the chaos and the division of the recall behind us and do what's right for this great state of California. Votes: 3

Probably the first time I was a boss was when I was associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Southern California. I was in my early 30s. Votes: 3

I must confess, I'm not the best cook. I make a mean salsa, as I like hot sauce and, you know, tacos, because I'm a California kid, and that's about it. Votes: 3

I was born in Orange, California and I grew up in Huntington Beach. I started skateboarding when I was five and continued to do so off and on over the years. Votes: 3

The four places I've called home in my life have been Lahore, London, New York and California. And I have a very strong tie to each one of those four places. Votes: 3

Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have elected me. It will be the people of California. Votes: 3

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made. Votes: 3

Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted to do was to play gangsters and cowboys in movies. Votes: 3