Frank Sinatra, with Giants announcer Lon Simmons, at Candlestick Park. (Courtesy of SF Giants via hometownheroesradio.com)
#TBT: 8 Celebrity Quotes About San Francisco
10 August 2017
Ah, San Francisco. Between leaving their hearts here and contemplating moving the White House, icons of all stripes love to gush about the city as much as we do.
Here are some of our favorite celebrity musings that have been captured on the mic or put down on paper over the last two centuries.
(Courtesy of augenblickblog.com)
"Now there's a grown-up swinging town." —Frank Sinatra
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"It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be in San Francisco." —Oscar Wilde
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"I have always been rather better treated in San Francisco than I actually deserved." —Mark Twain
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"Los Angeles? That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco." —John Lennon
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(Courtesy of The Red List)
"I'm proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is the friendliest city in the world." —Joe DiMaggio
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"Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me." —Anthony Bourdain
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"The Bay Area is so beautiful, I hesitate to preach about heaven here." —Billy Graham
"I love this city. If I'm elected, I will move the White House to San Francisco." —Robert Kennedy
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