7 Best San Francisco Quotes

San Francisco is inspiring. No city on the planet is like San Francisco. Here’s our picks for the 7 best San Francisco quotes.

One day if I go to heaven…I’ll look around and say “It ain’t bad, but it ain’t San Francisco”.  -Herb Caen

San Francisco has only one drawback – ’tis hard to leave. -Rudyard Kipling

You know what it is? (It) is a golden handcuff with the key thrown away. -John Steinbeck

If you’re alive, you can’t be bored in San Francisco. If you’re not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life. -William Saroyan

San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality.-Paul Kantner

Leaving San Francisco is like saying goodbye to an old sweetheart. You want to linger as long as possible. –Walter Kronkite

San Francisco itself is art, above all literary art. Every block is a short story, every hill a novel. Every home a poem, every dweller within immortal. That is the whole truth. -William Saroyan

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