Ifs Quote by Gertrude Stein

I liked the place I came from. But a lot of what I liked about it was that I had come from there.

— Peter Straub

My arrival in Oakland is not a coincidence, it's a God-incidence.

— Manny Ramirez

Everybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows.

— Mitch Horowitz

It's best to know a little about where you're coming from and why you've arrived where you are.

— Mark Frost

Whether it's from the biggest, most powerful city, or from the dinkiest little podunk town, there is a certain attachment and connection, and yes,…

— Cheech Marin

There was a generation of people who moved here to make something of themselves. They had to really struggle and created really something on…

— Arto Lindsay

There are other places, surely, for other people, but for me there is one place, Ann Arbor, for there it was I discovered what…

— William Shawn

It's where you come from that's the strange, exotic, quirky, mad place.

— Irvine Welsh

The city of Oakland, since I got here, has been like my second family. They've taken me in and had my back through the…

— Derek Carr

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and…

— John Britton

Well, I came from a small little town on the beach - Grayland, a town of about 1,000 people. I was the quarterback and…

— Colin Cowherd

I've always had a connection here in the city from the first day I arrived. I stayed in the city. I made San Francisco…

— Willie McCovey