California Quote by Gertrude Atherton

A lot of the public responses are based on the prejudices and ignorance, they've been inherited from previous generations. California has always been a…

— Luis Valdez

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…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I certainly have a sliver of me, which is definitely American, and feels a great pull towards where I spent time when I was…

— Adam Rayner

I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough.

— Kevin de Leon

More often than not, we think of ourselves as black, white, Asian, or Hispanic pretty much in this country, but the real America is…

— Don Lemon

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

— Shana Alexander

I just grew up in the States, so I feel like I identify more with the American culture.

— Chloe Kim

And as Americans, we must ask ourselves: Are we really so different? Must we stereotype those who disagree with us? Do we truly believe…

— Dave Berry

Everyone in California is from somewhere else.

— Wright Morris

I think the California mentality is laid-back, and I definitely embody that.

— Urijah Faber

The uncomfortable reality we must face is that California, like the nation as a whole, has treated generations of African Americans and Latinos as…

— Michelle Alexander

I've lived in California for years.

— Tom Payne