Top 35 Californian Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Californian Quotes from famous people such as P. J. O’Rourke, Ruby Rose, Abraham Verghese, Elizabeth Emken, Kevin de Leon, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

Californians devised a system of electricity sales that

Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market.
P. J. O’Rourke
Aussies are really laid back, and so are Californians.
Ruby Rose
I’m a proud American – becoming a citizen in 1988 was one of the most profoundly moving occasions in my life; I’m a former Texan and a recent Californian.
Abraham Verghese
The federal government secures the border; Californians decide how we want to treat our population. I think we need a vibrant guest worker program. If we have one, we’re going to stop having a lot of issues at the border.
Elizabeth Emken
California’s university system is one of the premier higher education systems in the world, and we should require that non-resident students pay a premium to attend it. The revenue generated from these fees can be used to increase affordability and access for more Californians.
Kevin de Leon
As a Californian, I feel lucky to live in what is truly the Golden State – a place of sunshine, agricultural bounty, natural beauty, technological innovation, and boundless optimism.
Tom Steyer
Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
Omari Hardwick
I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough.
Kevin de Leon
I come from New York originally, but Californians have been wonderful about animals. These animals are so nice and so good and so sweet and intelligent. It’s a crime not to help them.
Dick Van Patten
Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.
Carly Fiorina
What we’ve seen is too many Californians and veterans moving to other states across this country because California is just simply not affordable.
Kevin Faulconer
It’s nature-nurture, right? I’ve been nurtured by Californians.
Gavin Newsom
Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It’s in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now.
Jerry Brown
Before I lived in America, my husband and I did a Californian road trip. We took a month, starting off in L.A. I love the landscapes of California: one moment you’re in the desert, the next you’re up in the Napa Valley or by the water in Big Bear.
Ashley Jensen
I’m a third generation Californian, and there’s a lot of talented, good-looking guys in California, so I’m just happy to be working and lucky to be working.
Scott Eastwood
People always say that Californian women are obsessed with their appearance but I think you’ve got to take good care of yourself, for yourself.
Linda Gray
I crossed paths with a horse that happened to change my life. That horse is Game On Dude, and what a horse! He’s a soldier. Together we traveled the world. We won the Santa Anita Big Cap, Goodwood, almost won the Breeder’s Cup Classic; we won the San Antonio, Hollywood Gold Cup and the Californian.
Chantal Sutherland
It was so interesting to discover Nixon was a Californian. I always think Nixon should come from a cold place.
Peter Morgan
After being a born-again punk rocker for about ten years, the whole thing started falling apart. American hardcore had become Californians in baggy shorts making jokes about being white trash, and British punk had morphed into dogmatic crusties yelling at everyone about everything.
Gavin McInnes
Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life.
Carre Otis
We Californians can watch the Weather Channel for images of winter’s brutality unleashed upon our fellow Americans and thank our lucky stars we don’t have to contend with it.
Henry Rollins
Californians like to spend a lot of time talking about how great our state is, but the truth is that we have learned and executed a very important lesson: if we want to win on issues as critical as climate change – if we want to lead – we absolutely have to stand together.
Tom Steyer
When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly – without evasiveness or equivocation.
Gavin Newsom
Yes, we absolutely need to eliminate the single-use plastic bag, but we don’t have to eliminate the jobs of hardworking Californians to accomplish this goal.
Kevin de Leon
The albums ‘Heaven On Earth’ and ‘Runaway Horses’ and ‘Live Your Life Be Free’ were harking back to when I was a young girl and listening to Californian radio – lush productions, complicated melodies, harmonies like the Beach Boys and the Mamas and Papas. That’s what those albums remind me of.
Belinda Carlisle
You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.
Carly Fiorina
The rude, raw, ‘let it all hang out’ freedom of the Californian hippies was in fact the most censorious and oppressive of societies that I have encountered.
Roger Scruton
I’m very ‘one love.’ I think that’s the Californian girl in me.
Kelly Rohrbach
I think what Californians want is a governor who’s going to focus on California.
Kevin Faulconer
If you ask me what am I, I might say ‘I am a Californian,’ and if George Bush were here, he would say ‘I am a Texan.’
George P. Shultz
Californians don’t have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.
Alex Kingston
When working abroad you work pretty hard, but with time

When working abroad you work pretty hard, but with time off, this is the greatest job in the world. You drive. You explore Memphis, or wherever you’ve landed, or go and see Dr John, or the Californian landscape. And, yes, I’ve had a few good meals.
Toby Jones
I am honored to have the opportunity to lead the extraordinary 23,000 employees of PG&E and to support their efforts to safely serve 16 million Californians.
Geisha Williams
Californians are blessed with the remarkable leadership of Gov. Jerry Brown, who… has led our state to firm fiscal footing and brought us to the enviable position of dreaming – and achieving – big dreams again.
Gavin Newsom
Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, ‘If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.’
Laura Hillenbrand