San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.

The precise location of heaven on earth has never been established but it may very well be right here

Martinis are like breasts, one isn't enough, and three is too many.

A city is a state - of mind, of taste, of opportunity. A city is a marketplace - where ideas are traded, opinions clash and eternal conflict may produce eternal truths.

A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.

It is better to have loved and lost, but only if you have a good attorney.

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.