California Quotes

• There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

  Edward Abbey

  Travel, Fun, Crazy

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.13, RosettaBooks

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• All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.

  Mark Twain

  Distance, Giving, Charm

  Mark Twain (2016). “Roughing It”, p.297, Xist Publishing

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• California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.

  Nicolas Berggruen

  Thinking, People, Risk

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• Californians try everything once.

  T. J. MacGregor

  Trying, Californians

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• California, where the spring comes in the fall and the fall comes in the summer and the summer comes in the winter and the winter never comes at all.

  Inez Haynes Irwin

  Summer, Spring, Fall

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• Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Fun, Thinking, Want

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• I love California. It definitely represents wild freedom.

  Jenny O.

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• California to me as a concept or as an idea always seems like endless optimism and endless opportunity - when people think of California they think of palm trees and blue skies and gorgeous sunsets and beaches and everything else.

  Mark Hoppus

  Beach, Sunset, Thinking

  "Interview: Mark Hoppus on Blink-182's new album 'California'". Coup De Main interview, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. June 27, 2016.

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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

  Past, Europe, Southern

  Alison Lurie (2012). “The Nowhere City: A Novel”, p.11, Open Road Media

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• Life in California is beautiful.

  Oscar Nunez

  Beautiful

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• Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure.

  Ross Macdonald

  Funny, Witty, Powerful

  Ross Macdonald (2011). “The Drowning Pool”, p.28, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• All of a sudden, I feel very old and very tired. Maybe when I get to California, the smog, brush fires, floods, and earthquakes will cheer me up.

  Erma Bombeck

  Funny, Cheer, Tired

  Erma Bombeck (2013). “The Erma Bombeck Collection: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, Motherhood, and The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank”, p.348, Open Road Media

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• Everyone in California is from somewhere else.

  Wright Morris

  Somewhere Else

  Wright Morris (1977). “Love Among the Cannibals”, p.9, U of Nebraska Press

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• If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.

  Taylor Caldwell

  Done, Ifs

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• In California, thieves have three choices: They can go to prison, Sacramento, or Washington D.C.

  Burt Prelutsky

  Choices, Thieves, Three

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• California is always in my mind.

  David Hockney

  Mind

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• I'm your biggest fan, California, I'm coming home

  Joni Mitchell

  Home, Fans, Biggest Fan

  Song: California

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• Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread.

  Jimmy Carter

  Political, Politics, Spread

  "As Jerry Brown Touts California In China, Its Citizens Pack Their Bags" by David Davenport, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 12, 2013.

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• Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.

  Erica Jong

  Funny, God, Brain

  Erica Jong (1995). “How to Save Your Own Life”, N A L Trade

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• Why don't you go on west to California? There's work there, and it never gets cold. Why, you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there's always some kind of crop to work in. Why don't you go there?

  John Steinbeck

  Orange, Goes On, West

  John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.27, Hamilton Books

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• In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows.

  Woody Allen

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

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• I think Northern California is the most beautiful place on earth. And I adore New Orleans, but there's something about the air in SF, for instance. It changes from moment to moment, like one's thoughts.

  Hilton Als

  Beautiful, Thinking, New Orleans

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Here in California, we passed a law against texting while driving. But there's no law preventing you from writing a letter while driving.

  Craig Ferguson

  Writing, Law, Texting

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• Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.

  Linus Torvalds

  May, Lasts, Cold

  "The Pragmatist of Free Software". Interview with Hiroo Yamagata, www.tlug.jp. September 30, 1997.

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• I'd rather be in prison in California than free anywhere else.

  Inez Haynes Irwin

  Prison

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