California Quotes - page 22

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music. (Maya Angelou)
California has a sense of experimentation and a sense of openness-openness to new possibilities. View quote
Steve Jobs
When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here. View quote
Joni Mitchell
I like being a foreigner. For me, to live in California is very pleasant - I'm more comfortable not feeling a part of everything, not feeling responsible for the government or the roads or the health system. View quote
Eric Idle
John asked what he could do to help my campaign for governor. "Write a campaign song," I replied. "Okay," said John, "what's the theme?" "Our campaign slogan is 'Come together, join the party.'" "Great title," said John. He grabbed his guitar and started improvising. : Come together right now. Don't come tomorrow, don't come alone, Come together right now, Over me. :* On first proposing that John Lennon write a song for his California gubernatorial campaign; this eventually developed into the Beatles song, "Come Together", p. 281. View quote
Timothy Leary
As a girl, I had zero interest in the stove. I've always had a healthy appetite, especially for the wonderful meat and the fresh produce of California, but I was never encouraged to cook and just didn't see the point in it. View quote
Julia Child
The American People will take Socialism, but they won't take the label. I certainly proved it in the case of EPIC [End Poverty in California]. Running on the Socialist ticket I got 60,000 votes, and running on the slogan to 'End Poverty in California' I got 879,000. I think we simply have to recognize the fact that our enemies have succeeded in spreading the Big Lie. There is no use attacking it by a front attack, it is much better to out-flank them. View quote
Upton Sinclair
He was up in Wyoming, And drew a bull no man could ride. He promised her he'd turn out, Well it turned out that he lied. And their dreams that they'd been livin', In the California sand, Died right there beside him in Cheyenne. View quote
Garth Brooks
I speak as much Spanish as anyone who has grown up in Southern California or Texas or Arizona. I had my three years of high-school Spanish and a couple of semesters in college. View quote
Will Ferrell
Why did we go to war? Why did we pick people from South Carolina, California, and all the places in between to go to a foreign land and risk their lives and have some die? To make sure that Saddam Hussein could do no more damage to the region or us than he has already done. View quote
Lindsey Graham
I like California a lot. There's a lot of space, but it's actually the most populated place in the nation. (Devendra Banhart)
I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. And I travel a tremendous amount. I'm in New York and California a lot, but then also I like faraway places a lot. View quote
Ali MacGraw
(Picture of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones appear) This week, the California Raisins announced plans for a new world tour. View quote
Amy Poehler
I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time. View quote
Marisa Miller
I never really felt like I belonged in California. View quote
Molly Ringwald
When I was still in high school I knew I wanted to live in California. View quote
Tila Tequila
I like owning dirt. You know, I spent a lot of time broke when I moved to California. So deep in my soul is still this idea of being unemployed. To me, owning land means you could sell it at some point and have money. View quote
George Clooney
My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the best. View quote
Douglass North
I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two ranches, first in northern California and then in the state of Washington. View quote
Douglass North
But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from. View quote
Carly Fiorina
Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have elected me. It will be the people of California. (Carly Fiorina)
You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times. View quote
Carly Fiorina
The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy. View quote
Carly Fiorina
Psychologist Margaret Singer, 69, an outspoken Scientology critic and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, now travels regularly under an assumed name to avoid harassment. View quote
Margaret Singer
One more item for the delusional Miss Grundys still obtusely citing Reagan as their model of "niceness”: As governor of California, Reagan gave student protesters at Berkeley the finger. Remember that next time you ask yourself: "What would Reagan do?” People who are afraid of ideas whitewash Reagan like they whitewash Jesus. Sorry to break it to you, but the Reagan era did not consist of eight years of Reagan joking about his naps. View quote
Ann Coulter