"Nothing is wrong with California that a rise……" — Ross Macdonald
"Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."
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26 Quotes by Ross Macdonald
Ross Macdonald has 26 quotes on this site.
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I have a secret passion for mercy. . . but justice is what keeps happening to people.
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I like a little danger. Tame danger, controlled by me. It gives me a sense of power, I guess, to…
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I used to think the world was divided into good people and bad people, that you could pin responsibility for…
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The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present.
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We're all in the game. We all drive cars, and we're all hooked on oil. The question is how we…
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The smell of the sea, of kelp and fish and bitter moving water, rose stronger in my nostrils. It flooded…
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As a man gets older, if he knows what is good for him,, the women he likes are getting older…
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There are certain families whose members should all live in different towns - different states, if possible - and write…
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The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.
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When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other members…
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The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake.
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An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing.
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More California Quotes
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I think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every…
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There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.
— Edward Abbey
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Since I had my gastric bypass surgery in 1998, I eat like a bird. Unfortunately, that bird is a California…
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I'm never going to get married again. Three strikes, you're out. I think if I would try to get married…
— Roseanne Barr
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California is an unbelievable state. One day I might be in a spiritual place like Joshua Tree, then before I…
— Drew Barrymore
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California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.
— Saul Bellow
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In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything…
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I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We…
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Texas has done a very good job of securing their borders with the help of the federal government. California has…
— Jan Brewer
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We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing…
— Stephen Breyer
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My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen.
— Dave Brubeck
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