Top 120 Arizona Quotes

All of a sudden, I started winning races. I was the king of Arizona.
Bob Baffert
We have serious enemies and growing threats around the world. Unfortunately, we have an administration whose idea of a rogue state is Arizona.
Mitt Romney
In Arizona, anyone over 18 can buy an assault rifle, at 21 you can get a pistol, and you can carry your gun, loaded or unloaded, concealed or openly, just about anywhere.
Jeanne Marie Laskas
I actually won the Copper Gloves in Arizona.
Henry Cejudo
I care very much about women and their progress. I didn’t go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things that I did was to examine every single statute in the state of Arizona to pick out the ones that discriminated against women and get them changed.
Sandra Day O’Connor
The federal government should not be an accessory to the unconstitutional actions of the Arizona state government. By continuing to work with Arizona police departments operating under SB 1070, the Department is implicitly condoning the shameful tactics authorized by the new law.
Lucille Roybal-Allard
In October 2014, for the first time in almost three-quarters of a century, a gray wolf was seen loping along the forested North Rim of the Grand Canyon, in Arizona. She had walked hundreds of miles, probably from Wyoming or Idaho.
Lydia Millet
And now, since I've been governor since last January, I

And now, since I’ve been governor since last January, I have written numerous letters to the administration in regards to securing our borders with absolutely no response. So we have been facing this crisis, and it’s devastating the people of Arizona. And I feel as governor I have a responsibility to protect the citizens.
Jan Brewer
The cardones cactus is very similar to saguaro cactus in Arizona. These cacti only grow in very specific, particular places.
James Turrell
When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his 287(g) status. When Sheriff Joe refused to balk, they filed suit against him with a frivolous civil rights claim.
Russell Pearce
I built a company, a team, and a brand that started right here. It was an American success story, and it started right here in Arizona.
Doug Ducey
I was a musical theater major at the University of Arizona. And I primarily trained with Marsha Bagwell. It was a classical program, so we did Chekov and Moliere and a lot of Shakespeare.
Christine Woods
I’ve repeated time and again that Arizona is open for business.
Doug Ducey
You don’t go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don’t take belt buckles off the Arizona.
Robert Ballard
I hung out with Merle Haggard on his bus, which sort of freaks me out. It was him and his wife. We played with Merle in Oklahoma City. I’m from Arizona, and we talked about Arizona, and he remembered playing for two dollars a day down there at a bar.
Dierks Bentley
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.
George Will
My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I’d go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
Kate Walsh
I’ve always been a scorer. So when I went to Arizona, I led the team in scoring both years.
Gilbert Arenas
I worked at a movie theater in Tempe, Arizona, when I went to community college there. And I got fired because a sorority had rented out a theater to watch ‘Titanic,’ and they were being really rude to me while they were waiting for the movie. So as I tore their tickets, I told them the end of the movie.
Bill Hader
And you know, it’s not just illegal immigration. Terrorists can come across. They’re devastating our ranchers down in southern Arizona – drop houses, kidnapping, automobile accidents, extortion, drugs, the spill-over with the drug cartels. We’re facing all of it.
Jan Brewer
In Arizona, where farm dust is currently regulated, farmers are forced to park tractors on windy days to prevent getting strapped with outrageous fines.
Stephen Fincher
Zero is the number of minutes people predicted I would play my freshman year at Arizona.
Gilbert Arenas
Sky Harbor may be a city airport, but it’s an Arizona vital resource used by citizens all over the state, and our economy is dependent on its success.
Doug Ducey
One area where the state can be more effective in addressing the doctor shortage is to focus on making sure that Arizona is a friendly environment for doctors and those wishing to practice medicine.
Doug Ducey
By working together, we can make Arizona a place where everyone has an opportunity for a better life.
Doug Ducey
I grew up in Arizona and have a lot of buddies that are cowpokes.
Michael Biehn
I enjoy playing for the Arizona Cardinals, and I want to continue to play here and try to win.
Larry Fitzgerald
I am a forthright defender of the right to bear arms – which is guaranteed not only by the U.S. Constitution, but by the Constitution of Arizona.
Doug Ducey
One state can’t set everything right, but here in Arizona, we can set an example for the rest of the country in how those of us in elected office conduct ourselves and interact with each other and our constituents.
Doug Ducey
I was honored to wear ‘Arizona’ across my chest. I am extremely blessed to have my education completely paid for and take part in the great tradition of Wildcat softball. To have my jersey number retired was the ultimate compliment.
Jennie Finch
The American people overwhelmingly oppose taxpayer funding of abortions, and it’s no different in Arizona, where we have long-standing policy against subsidizing them with public dollars.
Doug Ducey
Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.
John Goodman
The Make-A-Wish Foundation started with one wish out of Phoenix, Arizona, and the organization has grown so grand ever since.
Ainsley Earhardt
Thriving economies on both sides of the border is a win-win for Arizona and Mexico, but that will only come by working together and demonstrating mutual respect.
Doug Ducey
And you know, I said yesterday, you know, you know, if they’re not going to – if the feds aren’t going to do their job, well, then, I’m up to suing the feds to make them do their job! I mean, they sued Arizona, you know, we can sue them back! I mean, they’re not – they’re not enforcing the laws!
Jan Brewer
I believe the people of Arizona and the people of America are fed up with the federal government. The bottom line is, is that they need to secure our borders. And in regards to Senate Bill 1070, what a disappointment! It hasn’t been divisive; it has united Arizona! It has united America!
Jan Brewer
Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.
Jane D. Hull
What many don't know is that Arizona has a something ca

What many don’t know is that Arizona has a something called the State Land Trust – a fund with assets that have been set aside and invested for decades specifically to benefit education.
Doug Ducey
Arizona now has one of the most innovative systems of financing school construction in the nation.
Jane D. Hull
I am encouraged that there’s going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that’s not wishful thinking.
Jan Brewer
If there’s one thing Arizona is best in the nation at, it’s water.
Doug Ducey
Arizona is in the midst of a fiscal crisis. We’ve cut school funding. And they pass a bill questioning Obama’s citizenship? For real?
Kyrsten Sinema
I often say that Arizonans should decide what’s best for Arizona.
Jane D. Hull
I was stationed in Turkey, Mexico City, South America, Texas, Arizona, so I do know where the Mexican-U.S. border is.
Joe Arpaio
We want to make sure Arizona residents have the opportunity to learn about the decisions we are making and have a chance to participate in the process.
Doug Ducey
I want to be me, and the Arizona Cardinals know what they are getting. They are not getting a kid that is going to say stupid things and piss people off unnecessarily. They are going to get a kid that everyone knows who they are getting every single day I walk into the building.
Josh Rosen
In the state of Alabama we have a significant number of illegal aliens that are leaving our state as occurred in Arizona after they got tough on illegal aliens.
Mo Brooks
Arizona is a national leader in school choice with both charter schools and tuition tax credits giving parents and their children more school choices than ever before.
Jane D. Hull
President Obama has decided to have the United Nations review the law of Arizona. You have got to be kidding! We’re now going to have countries like Cuba, Libya and Uganda sitting in judgment on Arizona’s laws? Enough is enough!
Russell Pearce
Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature have created an environment in Arizona where performing is no longer a neutral act. They have created an environment where they can convert the normal commercial interaction between artists and their fans into the means to apply this racist law.
Zack de la Rocha
Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining. Copper is huge here, and now uranium. And then we have the federal government coming in, writing all these rules and regulations and telling us that we can’t do this and we can’t do that. We need concise, clear answers.
Jan Brewer
Arizona is really cool but I couldn’t stay there for too long.
Dar Williams
I’m away about six months of the year, competing here in the U.K. or in training camps in Arizona, Ethiopia, the Pyrenees.
Mo Farah
I’m from London, and you hardly see stars because of the pollution of light. But in Arizona, there’s nothing, so I can see the stars.
Benjamin Clementine
‘Raising Arizona’ is maybe my favorite comedy of all time. What’s great about it is that as slapstick as it gets, it has great moments of emotion and caring. Them bringing the baby back and Trey Wilson’s character. I love that, man.
Joe Carnahan