Quotes by San Francisco Why can't DFW compete like San Francisco does with Oakland, like Miami does with Fort Lauderdale, and like Chicago O'Hare does with Midway? John Ensign san-francisco oakland competition We're crazy about this city. Los Angeles? That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco. John Lennon san-francisco crazy cities If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, if you're going to San Francisco, you're gonna meet some gentle people there. John Phillips san-francisco flower hair We're crazy about this city. First time we came here, we walked the streets all day, all over town and nobody hassled us. People smiled, friendly-like, and we knew we could live here. We'd like to keep our place in Greenwich Village and have an apartment here, God and the Immigration Service willing. Los Angeles? That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco. John Lennon san-francisco crazy cities There's nothing like space and the ability to make unlimited amounts of noise at any time, especially in San Francisco. John Vanderslice san-francisco space noise And you know what it is? San Francisco a golden handcuff with the key thrown away. John Steinbeck san-francisco golden keys I live in San Francisco, I live in Provincetown. They're all the same, apart from Baltimore. Baltimore's the only cheap place left. John Waters baltimore san-francisco left Once I knew the City very well, spent my attic days there, while others were being a lost generation in Paris, I fledged in San Francisco, climbed its hills. slept in its parks, worked on its docks, marched and shouted in its revolts~ It had been to me in the days of my poverty and it did not resent my temporary solvency. John Steinbeck san-francisco paris cities One of our very favorite shows of 2008 was our Slowtrain instore. We drove straight from San Francisco, pulled up to the back of the store, dragged our entire setup inside and played our new album, Rook, start-to-finish - and they let us get away with it. Jonathan Meiburg san-francisco stores albums It's simply a very romantic place. Just one look at any of those streets, and you couldn't be anywhere else - it's so beautiful, and there's that location, and the sense of the free spirit. Who couldn't become ravenous in such a place? Julia Child san-francisco free-spirit beautiful I never dreamed I'd like any city as well as London. San Francisco is exciting, moody, exhilarating. I even love the muted fogs. Julie Christie san-francisco fog cities After high school I went to the San Francisco Art Institute, and I began a formalized art education where we went through the history of art but we also went through the art of my contemporaries. Kehinde Wiley san-francisco art school I love San Francisco. It would be a perfect place for a honeymoon. Kim Novak san-francisco would-be perfect People in New York, LA, San Francisco, they scratch their head at the concept of a gay Republican, but it really makes sense there. Kirby Dick san-francisco gay new-york I have long argued that we need to reopen Alcatraz to house government criminals, and let tourists on excursion boats in San Francisco Bay pay to chum the water with meat with an expired sell-by date that would otherwise have to be discarded. L. Neil Smith san-francisco government long The ultimate [travel destination] for me would be one perfect day in San Francisco. There's no city like it anywhere. And, if I could be there with the girl of my dreams, that would be the ultimate! Larry King san-francisco girl dream The guys in New York don’t know the new media. San Francisco takes more risks as a culture. Larry Kramer san-francisco media new-york In many ways, Apple CEO Tim Cook has been saying that and more for many years. He's said you don't have to choose between doing good and doing well. But only a few dozen people were lined up outside the Apple Store in San Francisco. That's nothing compared to the hundreds and thousands that line up for new products. Cook is taking a gamble here. Laura Sydell san-francisco apples years I pity the Jews trying to get through life with only half a Bible. That's like trying to get from here to San Francisco with a road map that stops at Dubuque, Iowa. Kurt Vonnegut san-francisco iowa religious I certainly was surprised to be named Poet Laureate of this far-out city on the left side of the world, and I gratefully accept, for as I told the Mayor, "How could I refuse?" I'd rather be Poet Laureate of San Francisco than anywhere because this city has always been a poetic center, a frontier for free poetic life, with perhaps more poets and more poetry readers than any city in the world. Lawrence Ferlinghetti san-francisco cities world «345678910111213»