West Coast – Quotes

This country, and the

This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy. Esa-Pekka Salonen

The older I get, I’m definitely getting pulled towards the West Coast, because it’s a different quality of life. New York is great when you’re in your early 20s and you’re running around and it’s really fun, but it’s a place for me to get things done. Erin Wasson

The West coast money

The West coast money and the East coast money, in an ever-increasing manner, is finding its way to Chicago. Eric Lefkofsky

I eternally fight internal

I eternally fight internal battles about developing things that only appeal to the East Coast and the West Coast. For years I’ve been trying to do a Western, nobody’s interested in doing a Western, how can that be? Edward Allen Bernero

The almost Oriental politeness

The almost Oriental politeness of the West Coast is one of its distinctive regional features, in marked contrast to the contentiousness of the East Coast…. So few human contacts in Los Angeles go unmediated by glass (either a TV screen or an automobile windshield), that the direct confrontation renders the participants docile, stunned, sweet. Edmund … Read more

[Locating, from scratch, the

[Locating, from scratch, the gene related to a disease is like] trying to find a burned-out light bulb in a house located somewhere between the East and West coasts without knowing the state, much less the town or street the house is on. Francis Collins

[at CMC West Coast

[at CMC West Coast 2011, on 1 Samuel 14] If just a few of you would step up and be like Jonathan … as you step out in faith, you know what’s going to happen? There’ll be people like Saul who’ll say, \”God’s doing something through that guy, God’s doing something through that girl. I … Read more

I was gonna open

I was gonna open a gym and was in negotiation to buy the gym I was working out at. It was a small mom-and-pop and (the owner) wanted to move back to the west coast. My wife at (that) time came down with skin cancer. Drew Waters

I moved to the

I moved to the east coast when everybody else was going to the west coast. I (then) chased it back toward the west coast. I built my career up by doing small roles (which led) to principal roles and getting bumped into main character roles. Drew Waters

You may need help

You may need help or information from some nongovernmental organization, and the local person heading that NGO may be some West Coast, liberal-educated, no-leg-shaving, Birkenstock-wearing female uniform-hater. And you gotta deal with her. Dick Couch