Quotes tagged ‘California’

“The measure was implemented as a response to the projection that as many as 56% of Californians could be infected with COVID-19 over the next eight weeks.”

— Emma Specter, Vogue, vogue.com

“James Holland: Where did you kill the most? Samuel Little: Oh that's easy, Florida and California. James Holland: What city did you kill the most in? Samuel Little: Miami and Los Angeles. James Holland: And how many did you kill in Los Angeles. Samuel Little: Los Angeles, approximately 20.”

— Samuel Little, cbsnews.com

“I'm gonna throw a box of books and my beloved guitar into the back of my truck and try my luck in California.”

— Mason Jennings, open.spotify.com

“By 2 a.m. the men were flagging. Their soles had melted, and their clothes were pocked with burns. They wondered how long they could hang on.”

— Robert P. Baird, gq.com

“The wet season, which stretches from November to March, has ushered in the steady yet not-too-heavy rainfall that encourages flowers to bloom, Mark Mendelsohn, biologist with the National Park Service’s Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.”

— Kashmira Gander, newsweek.com

“[speaking to the group] I came to Venice by accident. No, let me rephrase that. I came to Venice because of an accident. Ten years ago, I killed a man. It was my fault. There's no excuse for it. You see, when it's left up to me, my best thinking, well, my best thinking tells me it's okay to get load…”

— Will Arnett, Mark Chappell, Chip, Will Arnett, imdb.com

“[in Oakland] Shuri: When you said you'd bring me to California when I was a kid, I thought you meant Coachella, or Disneyland. Where are we? T'Challa: This is the building where our uncle lived, where our father killed him. Shuri: [sees a condemnation notice] They're tearing it down. Good. T'Challa:…”

— Joe Robert Cole, Ryan Coogler, T'Challa / Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, imdb.com

“Tom Hagen: The Senator called, he apologized for not coming but said that you would understand; also some of the judges. They've all sent gifts. [raises his glass to the Don] Salut. [Both men are suddenly startled by a huge roaring cheer] Don Corleone: What is that, outside? [Both look out the windo…”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Don Vito Corleone, Marlon Brando, imdb.com

“Miss Olin: Poor Thackery Binx. Neither his Father nor his Mother nor the entire town ever knew what became of him those 300 years ago. And so, the Sanderson Sisters were hanged by the Salem town folk. Now, there are those who say that on Halloween Night, a black cat still guards the old Sanderson Ho…”

— Mick Garris, Neil Cuthbert, David Kirschner, Max Dennison, Omri Katz, imdb.com

“Jason: [Mike wants to go to California to see Melina] But Mike, airfare to California is very expensive. Mike: I know dad, but Carol is lending me the money. Jason: Oh, get outta town! Mike: OK, thanks dad, bye!”

— David Kendall, Dr. Jason Seaver, Alan Thicke, imdb.com

“OLD GRIZZLY ADAMS. [37-*] James C. Adams, or 'Grizzly Adams,' as he was generally termed, from the fact of his having captured so many grizzly bears, and encountered such fearful perils by his unexampled daring, was an extraordinary character. For many years a hunter and trapper in the Rocky and Sie…”

— P.T. Barnum, amazon.com

“Without water, California is without a future.”

— Pat Brown, latimes.com

“Four California divorces and 25 years of alimony will see to it you have no money in the bank.”

— George Peppard, articles.latimes.com

“Malibu shines like summer gold Wild beaches In the salty wind California summers never end”

— The Runaways, open.spotify.com

“I ain’t sayin’ she’s a gold digger, but she did move to California in 1849.”

— Unknown, tcat.tc

“This is ether a day for writing, the early stages of a honeymoon, or fifteen grams of opium. It’s raining, a very pretty rain, not the spasmodic kind that we get in California but a long steady one, the kind they show in the newsreels with the natives sitting on the rooftops with their cattle, wives…”

— Groucho Marx, amazon.com

“Even suicide is cheaper out here. The California motorist will, on the average, knock off three pedestrians a month.”

— Groucho Marx, amazon.com

“I somehow managed to avoid the East Coast winters for three years, and now I'm here. You're gonna have to be my little ray of California sunshine.”

— Jessica Goldberg, Cal Roberts, Hugh Dancy, imdb.com

“In about '63 or something like that, I couldn't stand Texas anymore. And I went to California. Because it's a lot freer and you can, you know, do what you want to do and nobody bugs you.”

— Janis Joplin, youtube.com

“People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.”

— Marina Abramovic, newyorker.com