Famous Quotes & Sayings

The Cardinals (brought me to the area). It's really close to home for my wife and I, which is California. It was close to family and a lot of people were able to come see my games. I was able to go to California whenever I really wanted, which was a different story than Boston.

The case in California wasn't full fledged deregulation.

Neal Stephenson

Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot.

Joni Mitchell

When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.

Joni Mitchell

Ask anyone in America where the craziest people live and they'll tell you California. Ask anyone in California where the craziest people live and they'll say Los Angeles. Ask anyone in Los Angeles where the craziest people live and they'll tell you Hollywood. Ask anyone in Hollywood where the craziest people live and they'll say Laurel Canyon. And ask anyone in Laurel Canyon where the craziest people live and they'll say Lookout Mountain. So I bought a house on Lookout Mountain.

The guys who ran well in California will do the same this week. There is a huge correlation there, and most of the teams use the same setup.

Gray Davis

The great thing about California is, in every natural disaster we all work together ... we're all pulling in the same direction, trying to get people through the day,

Henry Rollins

I'd like to talk to Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'cause I live in California and I just want to see that canned, chemical filled body in my office.

Helmut Newton

In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors.

Larry Flynt

You know, a huge drain on California's economy is the illegal immigrants. We need to close the borders.

You can't solve these problems by teleconferencing from California - he shouldn't dance around in California and let us do the dirty work here,

You can't solve these problems by teleconferencing from California -- he shouldn't dance around in California and let us do the dirty work here.

You can't be a nationwide player and not be in California and on the West Coast.

The March primary was an experiment that didn't work. Nationally, it didn't really put California in the driver's seat for the presidential election and at the state level, campaigns didn't really have time to get off the ground.

Kevin Starr

The earthquake cleared out one San Francisco -- which was the dominant place in California -- and replaced it with another. It accelerated the modernization of California.

The forecast for California is mediocre at best; at worst we are liable to dip into another recession, ... at least 50% if not more.

Tom McClintock

This is a great day for California. ... In response to a common danger, the people of California rose to their duties and ordered a new direction for our state," ()

This house in California would be $800,000 easy,

Arnold Schwarzenegger

This historic election has come about because there's a tremendous disconnect between the people of California and the leaders of California. We the people are doing our job -- working hard, raising our families and paying taxes. But the politicians are not doing their job.

Robert Klein

This is a historic step for the state of California in moving forward with the funding requirements of Proposition 71 and getting funds out to researchers.

This is a gut-shot not only to the housing industry but to the California homeowner,

Eric Idle

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.

James Arness

I had the pleasure of knowing Ronald Reagan before he became Governor of California. He was a truly great human being and we usually spent our time together reminiscing about mutual friends.

Eric Ripert

Obviously California is fantastic in terms of produce, vegetables.

Eric Allin Cornell

I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.

It's not appropriate for City Hall to be used for private business. It seems the better part of valor would be to have Southern California Edison reimburse the city for the expense or for her to use another facility.

Each store we put in generates $1 million a year for local residents. Each store employs six to eight people. California is giving us a hard time, so we're focusing on places other than California. The losers from this legislation are the people of California.

Everyone in California is thinking about him, and that's where the studios are.

Kurt Busch

Everybody wants to win Daytona. There's only one guy that's happy when we leave and that's the winner. California is really where the season starts.

Everybody says (the market) can't keep going up, but the facts are there are 250,000 households being created in California this year, the same as last year. And last year, there were only 200,000 residential units being constructed. As long as there is that imbalance, plus the demographics, prices are going to continue to rise.

The big draw with Nevada is it doesn't have a state income tax and it is affordable. People can sell their homes in California and put a big chunk of money in their pocket, move to Las Vegas and have a nicer house for a lot less money.

This is incredible how he has been treated. He's the leader everyone else in the nation has been watching. Because of his investigation, we've been able to strengthen security and protect the voters of California and Florida.

Not too many kids in California get to be up on that victory stand.