“The brilliance of Midwestern California, the California that is founded upon discontent, and the reason why so much technological innovation springs from the West Coast, is that having confronted the finitude of the coastline, technologists in Silicon Valley have shrunk the needed commodity—the future (thousands of miles of Zen pathway)—to the size of a fleck of gold dust, to a microchip.”

“Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates.”

“California girls, we're unforgettable,
Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top.
Sun-kissed skin, so hot will melt your popsicle,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
California girls, we're undeniable,
Fine, fresh, fierce, we got it on lock.
West coast represent, now put your hands up,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.”

“They write songs about California girls for a reason.”

“There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.”

“We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.”

“In Silicon Valley, we have a special word for a failed entrepreneur – it’s called experienced.”

“No matter where I was, my compass pointed west. I would always know what time it was in California.”

“Men rush to California and Australia as if the true gold were to be found in that direction; but that is to go to the very opposite extreme to where it lies. They go prospecting farther and farther away from the true lead, and are most unfortunate when they think themselves most successful.”

“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to,
when all they need is one reason why they can”