California Quotes · Page 20

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

— Eleanor Coppola

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

— Rush Limbaugh

If you like Five Guys burgers, and you're in California, I was one of the people who helped bring it here.

— Gilbert Arenas

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

— Zooey Deschanel

Prison guard unions have become the powerful political forces in some states, particularly California.

— Michelle Alexander

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

— Lindsay Ellingson

I kind of enjoy just hanging back and relaxing, sort of the San Diego, Southern California vibe, whatever you want to call…

— Xander Schauffele

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

— Bobby Darin

I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the…

— David Talbot

In California, the lines on the road are just a suggestion. They're in the left lane with the left indicator on, so…

— Adam Ferrara

There's been a growing effort to kick soda out of the schools. And governors as different as Arnold Schwarzenegger in California and…

— Eric Schlosser

I grew up in Northern California on the peninsula. It was a beautiful house, but it was very traditional. It wasn't midcentury…

— Eric Dane

We lose our right to be surprised that California has the highest recidivism rate in the country if we refuse to hire…

— Greg Boyle

I hope it will be set in California. In a way, I made a mistake, because a New Jersey policeman can't operate…

— Patricia Highsmith

For quite some time, I have wanted to live on the central coast of California and get more involved at Cal Poly,…

— Peter Oppenheimer

If you've had good gin on a hot day in Southern California with the people you love, you forget Nebraska. The two…

— Ann Patchett

There's a man who's been out sailing In a decade full of dreams And he takes her to a schooner And he…

— Joni Mitchell

When I lived in California, 1984 to '87, it was a Republican state. Sacramento where I lived was 73% Democrat voter registration,…

— Rush Limbaugh

I was 21 and had spent the last few years in Stanford University Engineering School at California. Many people advised me to…

— Azim Premji

“Down through the middle of the Valley flows the crystal Merced, River of Mercy, peacefully quiet, reflecting lilies and trees and the…

— John Muir

I spoke with the crows before leaving for Los Angeles. They were the resident storytellers whose strident and insistent voices added the…

— Joy Harjo

...every once in a while it seems like the cosmos part and something great plops into your lap, that's how it was…

— Don Felder

UC Merced is the University of California's newest campus and lies among farm fields in the San Joaquin Valley, 2 1/2 hours…

— Lester Holt

Prospects for growth in the year ahead are solid at the national level, and of course, this can only be good news…

— Janet Yellen

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

— Roseanne Barr

I grew up in Northern California, all I ever did was race and that's all I was focused on.

— Kyle Larson

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

— Larry Flynt

I like California wine, I really like wines from Washington state. I love wines from Spain and Italy. I don't know about…

— Joe Maddon

I moved to California in 2011 to be a writer. A family friend told me to take acting classes so I could…

— Jovan Adepo

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

— Dave Brubeck

I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6.

— Julia Michaels

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

— Joseph DeRisi

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

— Woody Allen

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

— Christine Feehan

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I play golf and ride my motorcycle - my Harley - around the hills of California.

— Engelbert Humperdinck

Californians tend to be outspoken. When the great migration began, the more timid people must have stayed home, and the bolder ones…

— Shana Alexander

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…

— Billy Bob Thornton

The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because what happens here matters everywhere. The nation often follows…

— Rebecca Solnit

The people of California clearly have the right to prohibit the sale of a product that is the result of abject animal…

— Nathan Runkle