Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cormac McCarthy

Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else.

Colin Farrell

I like to go for a little drive up the California coast.

Dan Rather

They say California's the big burrito; Texas is a big taco right now. We want to follow that through. Florida is a big tamale.

David Letterman

How about this John Kerry controversy? So he's out there in California, tells some kind of joke and it backfires. He's saying he botched the joke. ... This guy can lose elections he's not even in.

I think it gets to the point where the question is whether he has any effectiveness as a governor. This guy is the governor of California and what's he doing?

Chuck D.

He knows the (Mountain West Conference), and that helped him. He also knows Southern California in terms of recruiting. We think it's a great fit for us.

Larry Ellison

One of the great things about Lanai is that the weather is always fabulous. Always 82 degrees and sunny. The problem is that, like California now, Lanai needs more water.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Today California has given me the greatest gift of all: You've given me your trust by voting for me,

Hawaii's home prices suffered in the 1990s because of economic trouble in Japan, ... If home prices in California reverse, it will have ripple effects.

Ryan Newman

Going into California, just because we're in third (in points), we can come out of California 33rd in points.

He should stop his dancing around in California while leaving us to deal with all the crap here.

I think the Kentucky Oaks winner comes through California this year.

I think Willingham did a good job of keeping Washington state kids at home, went out and got some good ones out of California and sprinkled in some junior college guys. It looks like a pretty darn good class.

I think the California game was actually a big start for us.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

There is no better place to be a woman with hopes and dreams than California. The jobs are better paying and more fulfilling and California is a much better place because of that.

We're proud to be here. If you take a trip to California or some place, and see a tow truck, remember - the concept started right here.

Under Prop. 34, serious candidates for governor in California need to have one of two things. Tens of millions of dollars of their own money or tens of thousands of their own supporters.

I thought that if something was going to endanger the bill, especially considering the state?s current financial climate, it would be the cost to the state, ... But 50,000 more students means $23 million for California from the federal government.

Dan Wheldon

I think California is going to be a really good race because obviously the championship has been decided, but second, third and fourth are up for grabs. There's going to have to be some big things happen for those positions to change. Then I think you have the fifth through 10th pretty close. I think everybody's going to be going for broke.

James Burke

I think it's pretty cutting edge. San Bernardino County in California visited us about it. I have had calls from Holland and South Africa.

It gives the state an opportunity to develop a clear record (about) what medical experts have already said: a person executed under California lethal injection protocol receives no pain.

It gives him the mobility to do things. We want him to get out and see California on the weekends. We want to him to be able to do whatever he wants to do.

Pete Carroll

I always think, for a little California kid growing up and watching the Rose Bowl. It doesn't get any better right now. This is as much fun as you can have.

Phil Angelides

He has been less than truthful with the people of California about what it's going to take to restore fiscal integrity and get the economy going, ... I'm going to fight for what I think is right for rebuilding this economy. I will give no quarter in that respect.

He has most of the dailies that now surround San Francisco proper and this only enlarges his presence in the area. With the California properties, Singleton has more of a motive than other folks to pay a higher price because it would enhance what he already owns.

He never indicated to us that he was willing to teach the class. He is one of the few people in Southern California who are certified to teach the class,

Forty percent of all California zinfandel comes from Lodi.

Given the trend in California with more and more regulations, you have to become larger just to be able to handle all the regulatory requirements. Sometimes you have to get larger just to reach those big economies of scale to. So it's not only a cost element, but you also need a large enough operation to make it work.

If the California regulation actually were in effect today, only a handful of models would meet it.

Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful.

Bill Engvall

I'm a California Angels fan because that's the first game my dad took me to see, and they stuck with me.

Dolores Huerta

My mother was a very wonderful woman. When she and my dad divorced, she moved to California and worked two jobs in the cannery at night and as a waitress during the day. But she saved enough money to establish a restaurant.

Isabel Allende

The longest, most solid and complex relationship in my life is with my mother. It started before I was born, and now, when I am 71 and living in California and she is 92 and living in Chile, we are still in touch daily.