#francisco

After the Second World War, San Francisco was the main point of re-entry for sailors returning from the Pacific. Out at sea, many of these sailors had picked up amatory habits that were frowned upon back on dry land. So these sailors stayed in San Francisco . . . ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#san-francisco #united-states-navy #world-war-ii #world-war-ii

Just before my final year of high school, my brother, sister and I moved with my mother to San Francisco. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#brother #final #francisco #high #high school

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

— Jack London

#gone #memories #nothing #remains #san

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#attending #birthday #concerts #conducting #dropping

It's funny, but when there are dominant teams, there are a number of people who rail about the fact that they're always seeing the Dallas Cowboys or the San Francisco 49ers or the Green Bay either in the playoffs or in the Super Bowl. ↗

— Al Michaels

#always #bay #bowl #cowboys #dallas

Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#alive #course #died #earthquake #francisco

I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State. ↗

— Dana Carvey

#competition #francisco #got #i #lucky

When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and Chicago, it was picking the winners of the competition; it wasn't setting the terms of the competition. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#chicago #companies #competition #francisco #frequencies

As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#disasters #ensure #event #franciscans #francisco

Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#consistently #core #cultural #francisco #industry