“ I was the only Jew who'd ever been elected, and I don't know when there'll be another. Joseph Wapner
“ People say, 'I'm only suing for the principle of the thing,' and I reply that I can't give you principle - only money. Joseph Wapner
“ I realized that a great deal of life is exactly and precisely about being able to feel pain: my own and other people's. Joseph Wapner
“ Only a Californian would have observed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the real fake from the fake fake. Ada Louise Huxtable Architectural Critic
“ It used to be said that you had to know what was happening in America because it gave us a glimpse of our future. Today, the rest of America, and after that Europe, had better heed what happens in California, for it already reveals the type of civilisation that is in store for all of us. Alistair Cooke Journalist
“ What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next? Alma Guillermoprieto Journalist
“ I noticed whenever you call information, 411, there's always a computer voice, and they go, 'What number would you like? City and state, please.' 'Yeah, I'd like the number of Macy's in Century City, California.' 'Did you say 'pretzel nuggets'? Andy Kindler Comedian
“ Conoco will build a $75 million plant to see if a process to convert natural gas to liquid fuel is profitable. It has to be. In California, gasoline is so expensive that people are trying to run their cars on cocaine. Argus Hamilton Comedian