“San Francisco has a flowers-in-your-hair kind of vibe, while Chicago's got this very funny, big-city/small-town coolness to it.” KindBigsCitiesFlowerHairTownsChicagoSmall TownSan FranciscoBig CitiesCoolness Author:Dave Matthews
“Tell me what you will of the benefactions of city civilization, of the sweet security of streets-all as part of the natural upgrowth of man towards the high destiny we hear so much of. I know that our bodies were made to thrive only in pure air, and the scenes in which pure air is found. If the death exhalations that brood the broad towns in which we so fondly compact ourselves were made visible, we should flee as from a plague. All are more or less sick; there is not a perfectly sane man in San Francisco.” IfsKnowsMenShouldMadeBodyFoundNaturalCitiesDestinyAirStreetsSecuritySweetCivilizationScenePureTravelSickTownsVisibleThriveBroadsSanePlagueSan FranciscoCompact Book:John Muir, in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations Source: John Muir, in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations
“I always see about six scuffles a night when I come to San Francisco. That's one of the town's charms.” NightSixTownsCharmSan FranciscoBay Area Author:Errol Flynn
“Almost all of "Julie" was shot on location in Carmel, which is a lovely resort town a little south of San Francisco. My co-star was Louis Jourdan, whom I liked very much. An amiable man, very gentle, very much interested in the people around him; we had a good rapport and I found talking to him a joy . . . We would take long walks on the beautiful Carmel beach, chatting by the hour.” PeopleMenLittlesLongBeautifulJoyFoundStarsHoursWalksTalkingShotsTownsSouthLovelyBeachGentleLocationResortsSan FranciscoAmiableRapportChattingLong WalksTalking To Him Author:Doris Day
“... I just feel impotent - I don't know which way to start or turn. You know what they say about a prophet in one's own country - well - in a way it works for me too: you see - this might be called my home town - well of all the old friends and acquaintances not one takes me seriously as a photographer - not one has asked me to show my work... (On returning to San Francisco)” KnowsWayFeelsWellsCountryShowsHomeMightTurnsTownsPhotographerProphetTake MeSan FranciscoAcquaintanceOld FriendsHome Town Book:The Letters from Tina Modotti to Edward Weston Source: The Letters from Tina Modotti to Edward Weston
“You grow up real quick, a half-Mexican in a sailor's suit, because I'd be riding the streetcar to school everyday - minding my own business, humming out a 'Frere Jacques' - and I realized that in any other town, this might be considered cute. But you know what it is in San Francisco? Sexy.” KnowsRealMightSchoolGrowsMy OwnHalfGrowing UpTownsEverydaySexyI RealizedSuitsCuteRidingMexicanSan FranciscoSailorOwn BusinessHummingMinding My Own Business Author:Al Madrigal
“Even in my town, even in San Francisco, thousands of gay men were arrested usually using entrapment techniques every single year for sexual behavior between consenting adults. That continued well into the 1970s until it was finally decriminalized in 1976, I believe.” MenYearsBelieveWellsI BelieveGayBehaviorAdultsTownsTechniqueSan FranciscoArrestedGay MenEntrapment Author:Cleve Jones
“I love San Francisco so much. I call it the Emerald City and have been coming here since 1992. I have a few old friends that live here, and my aunt and uncle live in Oakland. I think it's a magical city - it's big, sexy and very 'cosmo' with a small-town feel.” ThinkingFeelsHas BeensBigsCitiesTownsSexyUnclesSmall TownAuntSan FranciscoOld FriendsEmeraldsOaklandAunts And UnclesEmerald City Author:Andy Cohen
“But it's not just the ratty part of town. The upper class in San Francisco is that way. The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time - it is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine, with that San Francisco crowd. I can't shake hands with anybody from San Francisco.” WayI CanHandsClassImagineTownsCrowdsShakesSan FranciscoUpper ClassGroveBohemian Author:Richard M. Nixon