1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About California

by Edited and with an Introduction by Steven D. Price

• ISBN13: 9781599210957
• ISBN10: 1599210959
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

This compilation of 1001 quotes from and about the Golden State offers both sharp and sentimental observations from entertainers (e.g., Bob Hope), politicians (Arnold the Governator), novelists (D. H. Lawrence), screenwriters (Woody Allen), columnists (Herb Caen), and others whose subjects range the Bay Area to San Diego and all points in between. It's a must for everyone who ever left his heart in San Francisco, maxed his credit card on Rodeo Drive, or stood in awe of any of California's other cultural and scenic attractions.

Author Biography

Steven D. Price, a consulting editor of The Lyons Press, is the author of thirty books, including 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said, 1001 Insults, Put-Downs, and Comebacks, The Best Advice Ever Given, and The Quotable Horse Lover. When asked whether he’s lived in New York City all his life, he was heard to reply, “Not yet.”

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
A State So Blessed: The California Allure	p. 1
The Long Pastoral Age: A Slice of California History	p. 35
The Treasure Veins: California in Literature	p. 65
Seventy-two Suburbs in Search of a City: Los Angeles	p. 85
The Western Gate: San Francisco	p. 115
The Chosen Spots: The Smaller Towns and Cities of California	p. 163
The Real Tinsel Underneath: Hollywood and the Movies	p. 181
Twelve Valley Girls Stuck on an Escalator: Jokes about California	p. 281
A Glitter of Green and Gold Wonder: California's Natural Beauty	p. 301
The Big Burrito: California in Politics	p. 321
Totally Rad: Native Californians Speak	p. 339
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Excerpts

California: The west coast of Iowa.
- Joan Didion

California is where you can't run any farther without getting wet.
Neil Morgan

Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day.
- Jay Leno

The attraction and superiority of California are in its days. It has better days & more of them, than any other country.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The formula for a happy marriage? It's the same as the one for living in California: when you find a fault, don't dwell on it
- Jay Trachman

I'm not a little girl from a little town making good in a big town. I'm a big girl from a big town making good in a little town.
- Mae West arriving in Hollywood

If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is.
- Greta Garbo

Ever since they found out that Lassie was a boy, the public has believed the worst about Hollywood.
- Groucho Marx

I fell in love with the most cordial and sociable city in the Union.
- Mark Twain

In San Francisco, Halloween is redundant.
- comedian Will Durst

San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty.
Rudyard Kipling

I love San Francisco and I love you fans. My family knows, God knows, I'm proud to wear this uniform.
- Barry Bonds

East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.
O. Henry

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