Quotes tagged ‘San Francisco’

(13 total)

“Our society is falling apart.”

“1987 Monte Carlo That's not push-to-start, that’s just turn and go I can't take the BART, makes me paranoid”

“Because words dazzle in the dizzy light of things and the soul is like an animal–hunted and slow– this buffalo walks through me every night as if I was some kind of prairie and hunkers against the cold dark, snorting under the stars while the fog of its breathing rises in the air, and it is the lone…”

— Steve Scafidi, apmpodcasts.org

“For centuries alchemists tried to make gold from base metals. Today, we make microchips from silicon, which is common sand, but far better than gold. Now, for several years, we had a profitable partnership, you as manufacturers, while I acquired and passed on to you industrial information that made…”

— Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, Max Zorin, Christopher Walken, imdb.com

“My one true love is now living the glamorous life of an investment banker in San Francisco.”

— Nick Weidenfeld, Ezra Koenig, Kaz Kaan (voice), Jaden Smith, imdb.com

“Besides, everybody in San Francisco is too odd, that's why we fit in so well!”

— Alison Schapker, Monica Breen, Paige Matthews, Rose McGowan, imdb.com

“Now I was age 22 and this evil force was still reaching out to me. Everywhere I went there seemed to be a sign or a symbol pointing me to Satan. I felt as if something were trying to take control of my life. I began to read The Satanic Bible by the late Anton Lavey who founded the Church of Satan in…”

— David Berkowitz, ariseandshine.org

“Harvey Milk was a friend of mine, an important gay leader in San Francisco in the ’70s, and he carried a really important message about how important it was to be visible, how important it was to come out, and that was the single most important thing we had to do. Our job as gay people was to come o…”

— Gilbert Baker, rollingstone.com

“Sam: The reversed cross has been used by Satanists for centuries, but this sigil of sulfur didn't show up in San Francisco until the sixties. Dean: [looks at Sam strangely] This is exactly why you never get laid.”

— Trey Callaway, Sam Winchester, Jared Padalecki, imdb.com

“In most of the world, it’s still not cool to be gay. You can be murdered in these places. You can be thrown in jail. Being gay in San Francisco is fun. Being gay in Saudi Arabia—that's a whole other matter.”

— Gilbert Baker, time.com

“When I give talks, people often stand up and say ‘The problem is poverty is global capitalism, that’s what we need to change. Why are you talking about these band-aid solutions?’ I always ask them, how do we actually do that? How do we actually get rid of global capitalism? Nobody’s given me even ha…”

— Peter Singer, theconcourse.deadspin.com

“The tech millionaires have no flair, but they will live forever.”

— Hamilton Nolan, theconcourse.deadspin.com

“Strange town, San Francisco. When I purchased the pumps, they asked if I wanted them wrapped or if I was going to wear them.”

— Gina Wendkos, Joe, Hector Elizondo, amazon.com