Best California Words
808 California quotes by 648 unique authors
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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
— Unknown Author
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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.
— George W. Bush
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California is the only state in the union where you can fall asleep under a rose bush in full bloom and freeze to death.
— W.C. Fields
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Among many U. S. wine consumers, California holds a strong position.
— Pete Rose
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As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.
— Alison Lurie
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When I was at the University of California at Berkeley, I went to some classes that must have had more than four hundred students in…
— Stephan Pastis
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I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi. What is the purpose, I wonder, of…
— Vikram Seth
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The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity.
— Ronald Reagan
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I would say that Mickey Mouse has a greater influence on the American public than Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Rabelais, Shostakovitch, Lenin, and/or Van Gogh. Which…
— Charles Bukowski
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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.
— Mike Huckabee
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My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years old, and we went to California three years later in…
— Warren Christopher
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I want to work with the teachers' union. But as I said out there, we have to put the kids first and we are letting…
— Meg Whitman
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One good thing about California is we have quite a broad-based economy. We provide more fruits and vegetables and produce to the United States than…
— Meg Whitman
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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.
— Meg Whitman
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And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California
— Meg Whitman
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You know, I think, people of all stripes in California, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, frankly, as I have traveled the state, the number one issue…
— Meg Whitman
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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…
— Meg Whitman
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I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've…
— Patricia Highsmith
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If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would. [. . .] Only 7% of Americans are hunters. That means there…
— Wayne Pacelle
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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…
— Chris Paul
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My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as…
— Pico Iyer
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When I came home for the summer after my first year of college, I told my mother that my best friend and I were driving…
— Jane Smiley
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After years of struggle, the U.S. Supreme Court today has made same-sex marriage a reality in California ... I have directed the California Department of…
— Jerry Brown
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Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a…
— Tina Fey
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There are some forty thousand children in California, according to the red brief, that live with same-sex parents, and they want their parents to have…
— Anthony Kennedy
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