--- title: "Best Santa monica Quotes" description: "Browse 73 Santa monica quotes by 70 authors. Discover the best Santa monica sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/karch-kiraly-3070_1930s_i-certainly-think-it-s-ironic-that-beach_3229298.png" --- > [I certainly think it's ironic that beach volleyball was first played in the 1930s in Santa Monica and tournaments of a high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karch-kiraly/i-certainly-think-it-s-ironic-that-beach-volleyball-was-first-played/) [Karch Kiraly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karch-kiraly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/karch-kiraly-3070_1930s_i-certainly-think-it-s-ironic-that-beach_3229298.png) > [I was in the Pritikin Center in Santa Monica once, trying to lose 30 or 40 pounds in a month. I'd work...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-farley/i-was-in-the-pritikin-center-in-santa-monica-once-trying-to-lose-30/) [Chris Farley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-farley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/chris-farley-17580_dessert_i-was-in-the-pritikin-center-in-santa-mo_689311.jpg) > [I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-tedder/i-think-the-true-test-of-a-pop-song-for-me-and-i-ve-talked-to-a-lot/) [Ryan Tedder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-tedder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/ryan-tedder-14281_car_i-think-the-true-test-of-a-pop-song-for_1156385.jpg) > [But at the end of the day, I'm a girl. I'm from Santa Monica. I'm going to look how I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nita-strauss/but-at-the-end-of-the-day-i-m-a-girl-i-m-from-santa-monica-i-m-going/) [Nita Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nita-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/nita-strauss-9769_day_but-at-the-end-of-the-day-i-m-a-girl-i-m_2817919.jpg) > [I lived in a little shack in Santa Monica, and I was working on 'The O.C.' and when it started airing, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-carmack/i-lived-in-a-little-shack-in-santa-monica-and-i-was-working-on-the-o/) [Chris Carmack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-carmack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/chris-carmack-14481_always_i-lived-in-a-little-shack-in-santa-monic_335124.jpg) > [I work with a place in Santa Monica called Phase IV. My doctor recommended them to me when I started losing weight.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-carey/i-work-with-a-place-in-santa-monica-called-phase-iv-my-doctor/) [Drew Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/drew-carey-2550_biking_i-work-with-a-place-in-santa-monica-call_2678513.jpg) > [In the States a lot of Hispanic and black audiences are gravitating towards 'Peaky Blinders.' A mate of went into a bar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/in-the-states-a-lot-of-hispanic-and-black-audiences-are-gravitating/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/steven-knight-2205_bar_in-the-states-a-lot-of-hispanic-and-blac_769849.jpg) > [In my 30s, I wrote in the back house of a ramshackle Spanish Revival we rented across from the ocean in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-simpson/in-my-30s-i-wrote-in-the-back-house-of-a-ramshackle-spanish-revival/) [Mona Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-simpson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/mona-simpson-11854_across_in-my-30s-i-wrote-in-the-back-house-of-a_395167.png) > [One of the things I always tell people like if they've never been to L.A., especially if the weather's nice, I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scheana-shay/one-of-the-things-i-always-tell-people-like-if-they-ve-never-been-to/) [Scheana Shay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scheana-shay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/scheana-shay-5810_favorite-thing_one-of-the-things-i-always-tell-people-l_489138.jpg) > [“ http://leishmaninc.com Leishman Inc. builds and remodels custom luxury homes in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Brentwood, CA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/los-angeles-general-contractor/http-leishmaninc-com-leishman-inc-builds-and-remodels-custom-luxury/) [Los Angeles general contractor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/los-angeles-general-contractor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/los-angeles-general-contractor_beverly-hills_http-leishmaninc-com-leishman-inc-builds_2112691.jpg) > [After I graduated college, I moved to L.A. I started working for the Garry Marshall Theatre in Toluca Lake and did theater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/after-i-graduated-college-i-moved-to-l-a-i-started-working-for-the/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/rory-o-malley-14799_hotel_after-i-graduated-college-i-moved-to-l-a_2491352.jpg) > [“Most people new to a city on the ocean would probably go to the beach during the day when there are people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-griffin/most-people-new-to-a-city-on-the-ocean-would-probably-go-to-the-beach/) [Kathy Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-griffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/kathy-griffin-4016_beach_most-people-new-to-a-city-on-the-ocean-w_1814904.jpg) > [Surprisingly, the Eisenhower Memorial design contains almost none of the known Gehry-box of tricks. His giant etched chain-link curtain, first applied in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-krier/surprisingly-the-eisenhower-memorial-design-contains-almost-none-of/) [Leon Krier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-krier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/leon-krier-22420_almost_surprisingly-the-eisenhower-memorial-des_784132.png) > [I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A lot of musicians lived there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/inara-george/i-was-raised-in-topanga-canyon-it-s-an-eclectic-community-up-in-the/) [Inara George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/inara-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/inara-george-56671_artists_i-was-raised-in-topanga-canyon-it-s-an-e_2037449.jpg) > [We had played places that were really cool that are less on the map, like the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. We played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-had-played-places-that-were-really-cool-that-are-less-on-the-map/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/russell-mael-5251_civic_we-had-played-places-that-were-really-co_3205285.jpg) > [As much as I love beach holidays, I do really like to get out and about and explore. It's why I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alesha-dixon/as-much-as-i-love-beach-holidays-i-do-really-like-to-get-out-and/) [Alesha Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alesha-dixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/alesha-dixon-7309_beach_as-much-as-i-love-beach-holidays-i-do-re_1760225.jpg) > [When I was 15, we settled in Santa Monica, in a beige suburban ranch house. By then, my father, Ray, was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-densmore/when-i-was-15-we-settled-in-santa-monica-in-a-beige-suburban-ranch/) [John Densmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-densmore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/john-densmore-3925_drawings_when-i-was-15-we-settled-in-santa-monica_1895981.jpg) > [The great thing about Santa Monica civic auditorium was it was a place you could ride your bike to. In this case,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-trujillo/the-great-thing-about-santa-monica-civic-auditorium-was-it-was-a/) [Robert Trujillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-trujillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/robert-trujillo-5752_bike_the-great-thing-about-santa-monica-civic_2104850.png) > [I'm from Santa Monica, which was an awesome place to grow up. You're very spoiled being from California. When it's below 70,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-ren/i-m-from-santa-monica-which-was-an-awesome-place-to-grow-up-you-re/) [Alexis Ren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-ren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/alexis-ren-11655_california_i-m-from-santa-monica-which-was-an-aweso_2266681.jpg) > ["Our first conversation was on the phone. I was in the bathtub, and I had to tell him that I was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lawrence/our-first-conversation-was-on-the-phone-i-was-in-the-bathtub-and-i/) [Jennifer Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/jennifer-lawrence-1354_breakfast_our-first-conversation-was-on-the-phone_3157546.jpg) > [Kanan is a big road through the Santa Monica Mountains. Between mid-March and mid-April, when you get over to the western side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-mcginley/kanan-is-a-big-road-through-the-santa-monica-mountains-between-mid/) [John C. McGinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-mcginley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/john-c-mcginley-14324_along_kanan-is-a-big-road-through-the-santa-mo_68195.jpg) > [“If my tiny studio apartment in Santa Monica were, heaven forbid, to go up in a blazing inferno, the one thing I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gemma-halliday/if-my-tiny-studio-apartment-in-santa-monica-were-heaven-forbid-to-go/) [Gemma Halliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gemma-halliday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/gemma-halliday-13972_santa-monica_if-my-tiny-studio-apartment-in-santa-mon_58065.jpg) > [One day in '61, I was looking in the Santa Monica phone book for a number, and there it was: Stan Laurel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-van-dyke/one-day-in-61-i-was-looking-in-the-santa-monica-phone-book-for-a/) [Dick Van Dyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-van-dyke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/dick-van-dyke-2430_afternoon_one-day-in-61-i-was-looking-in-the-santa_2631421.jpg) > [When I was a freshman in high school, I got a letterman jacket, which you'd think would be great stock. The jacket…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carson-daly/when-i-was-a-freshman-in-high-school-i-got-a-letterman-jacket-which/) [Carson Daly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carson-daly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/carson-daly-15974_baseball_when-i-was-a-freshman-in-high-school-i-g_2696785.jpg) > [My dad put me in a theater group camp at Santa Monica Playhouse when I was, like, six, and then I started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-silvers/my-dad-put-me-in-a-theater-group-camp-at-santa-monica-playhouse-when/) [Diana Silvers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-silvers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/diana-silvers-13009_dad_my-dad-put-me-in-a-theater-group-camp-at_1889132.jpg) > [As a songwriter, I do kind of look at 'Santa Monica' as a thing outside of itself, because it isn't just my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-alexakis/as-a-songwriter-i-do-kind-of-look-at-santa-monica-as-a-thing-outside/) [Art Alexakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-alexakis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/art-alexakis-10865_because_as-a-songwriter-i-do-kind-of-look-at-san_783280.png) > [From a filmmaker's point of view, there is something undeniably cinematic about a location like Santa Monica Boulevard, which is so chaotic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-baker/from-a-filmmaker-s-point-of-view-there-is-something-undeniably/) [Sean Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/sean-baker-5729_busy_from-a-filmmaker-s-point-of-view-there-i_3177786.jpg) > [Walk through Santa Monica and try to find somebody who knows a young man or woman who's in this war. Here, war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/walk-through-santa-monica-and-try-to-find-somebody-who-knows-a-young/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/paul-haggis-5313_concepts_walk-through-santa-monica-and-try-to-fin_1232471.jpg) > [Santa Monica's only walkable if death is no hurdle. The air's the wrong colour. People put sunglasses on their dogs. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-ellis/santa-monica-s-only-walkable-if-death-is-no-hurdle-the-air-s-the/) [Warren Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/warren-ellis-2541_air_santa-monica-s-only-walkable-if-death-is_1551825.jpg) > [“Mason’s thoughts went to what he’d do if his own nine-year-old were seventeen. If Haley needed a ride home, and somehow he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mar-preston/mason-s-thoughts-went-to-what-he-d-do-if-his-own-nine-year-old-were/) [Mar Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mar-preston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f58/mar-preston-33415_santa-monica_mason-s-thoughts-went-to-what-he-d-do-if_2123433.jpg) > [A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-bonet/a-group-of-us-started-a-community-center-in-santa-monica-we-ve-tried/) [Lisa Bonet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-bonet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a6/lisa-bonet-18747_community_a-group-of-us-started-a-community-center_2362969.jpg) > [Santa Monica, where I have always lived, is not a town where you will find storefront Church of God in Christ churches.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ry-cooder/santa-monica-where-i-have-always-lived-is-not-a-town-where-you-will/) [Ry Cooder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ry-cooder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/ry-cooder-3690_christianity_santa-monica-where-i-have-always-lived-i_2532932.jpg) > [“I'd much rather spend all day on the Santa Monica pier playing Asteroids than delve into the murk and analyze myself. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-clendening/i-d-much-rather-spend-all-day-on-the-santa-monica-pier-playing/) [Anne Clendening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-clendening/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/anne-clendening-20958_addiction_i-d-much-rather-spend-all-day-on-the-san_1380588.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/santa-monica/#itemlist", "name": "Santa monica Quotes", "numberOfItems": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I certainly think it's ironic that beach volleyball was first played in the 1930s in Santa Monica and tournaments of a high caliber have been happening in this country since the 1940s, and the FIVB, for many years, has ignored beach volleyball.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karch Kiraly" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karch-kiraly/i-certainly-think-it-s-ironic-that-beach-volleyball-was-first-played/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/karch-kiraly-3070_1930s_i-certainly-think-it-s-ironic-that-beach_3229298.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/karch-kiraly-3070_1930s_i-certainly-think-it-s-ironic-that-beach_3229298.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/karch-kiraly-3070_1930s_i-certainly-think-it-s-ironic-that-beach_3229298.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I certainly think it's ironic that beach volleyball was first played in the 1930s in Santa Monica and…” — Karch Kiraly", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was in the Pritikin Center in Santa Monica once, trying to lose 30 or 40 pounds in a month. 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