Quotes tagged ‘Los Angeles’

“Gunfire broke out early Monday aboard a San Francisco-bound Greyhound bus outside Los Angeles, killing one and injuring five, KTLA and other local media outlets report.”

— Don Sweeney, sacbee.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

“Los Angeles, a City Known for Its Freeways, Is About to Plant a Shit Ton of Trees”

— Jackie Mogensen, motherjones.com

“A paradise dreamscape erected in a barren desert, L.A. has always been an impossible city, as Mike Davis has so brilliantly written.”

— David Wallace-Wells, amazon.com

“Howard: I’ll tell you something. I went to LA, and I smoked weed. And it almost killed me. Why is it so much stronger now? Seriously, don’t you get paranoid at all when you smoke this stuff? Snoop Dogg: I get paranoid that they gonna stop making it.”

— Snoop Dogg, amazon.com

“In the nine days from April 25 to May 3 this year, L.A.'s 311 service request system received more than 1,200 reports related to scooters — from bad parking to broken vehicles. That averages out to about 133 scooter complaints per day, or more than five an hour.”

— Ryan Fonseca, laist.com

“For 70 years, many residents ignored the L.A. River. But new efforts to revitalize the city’s main waterway threaten to alter its role in the lives of neighbors who use it every day.”

— Samanta Helou Hernandez, thelandmag.com

“I want my work to be in unconventional places. You write in poetry journals to get fellowships and grants, not for an audience. My readers don’t read journals — they are homegirls that normally wouldn’t be interested in poetry or they’ve always read poetry and find me.”

— Yesika Salgado, latimes.com

“A study [...] around a fifteen-block area of Los Angeles found the average person drove half a mile looking for parking, making for a combined annual 950,000 wasted vehicle miles [per year] in just that area. “If all this happens in one small business district, imagine the cumulative effect of all c…”

— Peter Walker, amazon.com

“Right now, drivers pay to enjoy mobility, but the cost to the environment and to people’s health isn’t fully reflected in the price we pay to drive.”

— Peter Walker, amazon.com

“Los Angeles, give me some of you! Los Angeles come to me the way I came to you, my feet over your streets, you pretty town I loved you so much, you sad flower in the sand, you pretty town.”

— John Fante, medium.com

“What's great about Los Angeles is nobody cares where you're from or who you are. It's a superficial town where you can worry about stupid shit like keeping your pool clean, and what artisanal nuts to put on your salad.”

— Caroline Williams, BoJack Horseman (voice), Will Arnett, imdb.com

“Jay: So let's have a butt. Max: No thanks, I don't smoke. Ernie 'Ice': They're very health-conscious in Los Angeles. [Jay and Ice laugh] Jay: You got any cash, Hollywood? Max: No. Ernie 'Ice': Gee, we don't get any smokes from you. We don't get any cash. What am I supposed to do with my afternoon? M…”

— Mick Garris, Neil Cuthbert, David Kirschner, Ernie / 'Ice', Larry Bagby, imdb.com

“L.A. is not a pedestrian-friendly city.”

— Robert Kirkman, Nick Clark, Frank Dillane, imdb.com

“Los Angeles is not what you see in the movies. It's like Detroit with palm trees.”

— Carly Wray, Matthew Weiner, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, imdb.com

“Los Angeles is such a town of show business, and I'm a terrible celebrity. I find it difficult—it's the beast that must be fed. There's this big wheel of pictures and articles that goes around, and you get pinned on it.”

— Julia Roberts, oprah.com

“Living in L.A. was incredible. I’m an English boy, and I love being in London, but I miss living in America, because we were welcomed with opened arms.”

— David Beckham, gq.com

“I swear to God, there is no more liberating and fun thing to do in this world than scream in your best aggressive black guy voice. Holy shit. So much fun. I highly recommend you do it. Not if you’re black. If you’re black, you already do it. But if you’re white, do it. Do it in public. Do it where t…”

— Tom Segura, amazon.com

“Los Angeles plays small ball really well. What’s missing oftentimes is the ability to bring the entire community together on behalf of issues or opportunities that will benefit the community as a whole.”

— Austin Beutner, nytimes.com

“Jerry. It's L.A. Nobody leaves. She's a seductress, she's a siren, she's a virgin, she's a whore.”

— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com