When I was 19 years old, I hitchhiked across the country to San Francisco.

- John Prendergast

The first job I ever had was right here in San Francisco with Southern Pacific.

- Steven Burd

I have no desire to go back to San Francisco.

- Sara Zarr

San Francisco is one of my favorite cities in the world.

- Rosalynn Carter

I grew up in Oregon, and then I lived in San Francisco and New York.

- Rachel Kushner

I didn't like Los Angeles very much but I like San Francisco.

- Mick Ralphs

Nothing important has ever come out of San Francisco, Rice-a-Roni aside.

- Michael O'Donoghue

I'd always wanted to live in San Francisco, and my circumstances never permitted it. I'm so happy I made the move.

- Mitch Kapor

San Francisco has always been a haven for misfits and weirdos. I'm both of those, which is why I came here.

- Michael Franti

What makes San Francisco work is that high-value people like to live there and cluster.

- James Coulter

I've got more chins than a San Francisco phonebook.

- Bruce Vilanch

San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.

- Jack London

San Francisco, coolest place ever.

- Imogen Poots

Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

- Herb Caen

Back in the 60s, San Francisco artists lived in communes.

- Gedde Watanabe

I used to be a street singer in San Francisco.

- Gedde Watanabe

This is one Hart that you will not leave in San Francisco.

- Gary Hart

San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.

- Chita Rivera

Many people in San Francisco know me, and they know my persistence.

- Cindy Sheehan

San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities.

- Cecil Beaton