Cal Quotes

63 quotes by 46 authors

• Hero­ism breaks its heart, and ide­al­ism its back, on the intran­si­gence of the cred­u­lous and the mediocre, manip­u­lated by the cyn­i­cal and the corrupt. — Christopher Hitchens
• There is, how­ever, a strong empir­i­cal rea­son why we should cul­ti­vate thoughts that can never be proved. It is that they are known to be… — Carl Jung
• They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech. — James Stockdale
• In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780,000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency… — Elton Gallegly
• Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or… — Cal Ripken, Jr.
• The truth is, no one wants to face the fact that there was a huge double standard in baseball, and white athletes like Mark McGwire,… — Jose Canseco
• For quite some time, I have wanted to live on the central coast of California and get more involved at Cal Poly, my alma mater;… — Peter Oppenheimer
• Marrying Cal, the scion of a family whose wealth dated to the Industrial Revolution and had multiplied through every turn of the American economy since,… — Amy Waldman
• There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable. — Earl Weaver
• Years ago, while I was watching a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers, I remember staring in awe at Cal Ripken.… — Ron White
• Because we are no different from any animal, any insect or germule. We are not special, Cal. You, me, we all came from nothing, and… — Brian Williams
• I went to a school in N.Y. that is conceptual and interdisciplinary and modeled after Cal Arts. It is not just painting or sculpture; it… — Thomas McDonell
• I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't be a big… — Charlie Haden
• When I was in high school in the '50s you were supposed to be an Elvis Presley, a James Dean, a Marlon Brando or a… — Robert Hass
• I didn't know anything about conceptual art when I left Kansas. I went to Cal Arts to be a painter, but the exciting stuff was… — David Salle
• Truth is, I didn't know what the hell I was doing when I got out of Cal Arts. I think I wasted a lot of… — David Salle
• I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal… — Eric Davis
• Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy. — Bradley Whitford
• I went to Cal Arts and AFI, and I worked on 'Bonfire Of The Vanities.' I got this grant from the Academy to be Brian… — Douglas Rushkoff
• But where I itty now, O my brothers, is all on my oddy knocky, where you cannot go. Tomorrow is all like sweet flowers and… — Anthony Burgess

Who Wrote These Cal Quotes

46 authors contributed a total of 63 Cal Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 5 Cal Quotes by Jenny Downham
• 3 Cal Quotes by Jennifer Crusie
• 3 Cal Quotes by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• 3 Cal Quotes by Rick Riordan
• 3 Cal Quotes by Cate Tiernan
• 2 Cal Quotes by Alex Morgan
• 2 Cal Quotes by David Salle
• 2 Cal Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides
• 2 Cal Quotes by Meg Cabot
• 2 Cal Quotes by Brad Barkley
• 1 Cal Quote by Ron White
• 1 Cal Quote by Lakpa Tenzing
• 1 Cal Quote by Brian Williams
• 1 Cal Quote by Thomas McDonell
• 1 Cal Quote by Alison Brie
• 1 Cal Quote by Charlie Haden
• 1 Cal Quote by Willie Mixer
• 1 Cal Quote by Robert Hass
• 1 Cal Quote by Franz Kafka
• 1 Cal Quote by Eric Davis
• 1 Cal Quote by Bradley Whitford
• 1 Cal Quote by Douglas Rushkoff
• 1 Cal Quote by Anthony Burgess
• 1 Cal Quote by John Steinbeck
• 1 Cal Quote by Scott Westerfeld