Top 401 Portland Oregon Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on April 16, 2025.
Sometimes in L.A., we get accused of being superficial. I feel like Portland's the opposite, in that there's a greater depth of character, and sense of self.
I had this scholarship, two pairs of tight jeans, and a couple of hundred extra dollars, and I showed up in Oregon and went to school there.
I landed in Los Angeles where I've stayed, with one year-long exception when I returned to Ashland as an actor in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Portland is where all the fringe groups went to escape. Where the outliers brought that DIY, punk rock attitude and made the city their own.
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
I became a starter in Portland, and then I lost my spot, but for what reason? It wasn't explained to me. I thought it was unfair.
Portland can put the champagne away and get out the bottled water, 'cause that's all they're gonna drink on their way home!
I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his i shing boat at the mouth of the Columbia River.
I loved growing up in Portland because I'm not from L.A. or New York or Chicago or some cool city... It was a very regular suburban life.
President Obama answered questions on YouTube today. He was asked 7,500 times about legalizing marijuana. And that was just from Chad in Portland.
I like to think Portland and L.A. are not rivals; they're cousins. As cities on the West Coast, they're distinct in their own way but still culturally similar.
I grew up in Southern Oregon. My father was a sawmill worker and a logger, and his job put food on the table.
I am maintaining my schedule of commuting to Washington, D.C. each week from Oregon so that I can spend my weekends and days when we are not in session traveling to communities throughout my district.
Most public officials work hard to serve the public good and abide by Oregon's ethics laws.
There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if you're out west in Portland or Seattle.
Being in Portland is cool. I have some good friends here and the general feeling might be a little more welcoming.
Chicago is an extremely rough place to grow up in. Especially if you're the only brother on the block that's into bumpin' Alanis Morrisette... So 'You Oughta Know,' I moved to Oregon.
I was born in the Bronx but my parents hated living in the Bronx so they moved to Oregon when I was 6 months old.
Everyone wants to come to Portland to play, whether for us or against us.
People at the University of Portland were accepting and loving and open-minded. When you have a safety net, it allows you to take risks.
When people left on the Oregon Trail from St. Louis, they knew that only a fraction of them would make it to the West Coast. But they went anyway.
There are very few things I've done just twice in my life, 40 years apart, and one is to backpack on the Pacific Crest Trail across the California/Oregon border.
At 15 years of age, I left school to practice the profession of Office Boy in a business firm in Salem, Oregon.
There are four great measures for my administration - a reduction of tariff, an independent treasury, settlement of the Oregon boundary and acquisition of California.
None of my characters seem to have had sex yet - I haven't written about that. And I wouldn't want to deal with what's happening in Oregon - the school shootings.
In Portland, there are so many trained artists and technicians, there's an enormous talent base. And it's not like second-stringers.
Along the western slopes of the Oregon Coastal Range . . . come look: the hysterical crashing of tributaries as they merge into the Wakonda Auga River . . .
If people are expecting the mayor of Portland to solve the problem of homelessness they're going to be sorely disappointed and that's just the truth.
I lived in Portland for almost 20 years, and that's where my eldest daughter went to college. I missed the sunshine. I grew up in L.A.
When I lived in Seattle and Oregon, we partied, which is a large reason I don't know drugs or alcohol now because I saw the Destruction of so many great musicians and artists.
Sometimes in Portland I'm like, 'Who is funding this city?' It's doing great - there's all these new shops; there's a synthesizer store. Where is this coming from?
I am dedicated to ensuring that the prosperity our city is experiencing extends to everyone who lives, works and visits Portland.
I think people think of Oregon as such a granola, hippie kind of a place.
I live in Portland now. It's beautiful from day one. The Food and the beer, and no sales tax. Get your iPad while you're here.
I will not allow continued planned street violence between rival factions to take place on the streets of Portland.
The City of Portland, our police bureau, and our employees do not cooperate with ICE.
Portland is a two-hour flight from L.A. It has wonderful talent, and it hasn't been shot to death. I'm all in favor of it becoming a serious player in the industry.
For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money. But that's especially true if you don't have anybody to guide you.
Taking command of HMS Portland is definitely the highlight of my 16 years in the Navy. It is a challenge that I am fully trained for and ready to undertake.
Portland is quickly becoming one of those lovely, lush Third World countries where kinda-rich people retire with their money.
Assistants like Tim Grgurich worked with me and watched film of me from my Oregon State days.
Now this is the first rule of fight club: There is nothing a blue collar Nobody in Oregon with a public school education can imagine that a million-billion people haven't already done.
Portland's as good a place as any. The food is good, the people are nice. I'm in love with it.
For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money.
When I first started snowboarding, it was something that was only really done in the winter. Mount Hood in Oregon was the magical exception.
When Oregon was founded as a state in 1857, its constitution explicitly banned Black people from visiting, living and owning property here.
I am committed to ensuring that, as Portland grows, the things we love about our city grow along with us.
The history of Oregon is partially the history of a state that legislated not wanting black people around.
This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life.
I was never one to feed into what the media was saying about us, especially out there in Portland because I was so in-touch with the people everyday.
Oregon is an inspiration. Whether you come to it, or are born to it, you become entranced by our state's beauty, the opportunity she affords, and the independent spirit of her citizens.
In December 2011, a wild gray wolf set foot in California, the first sighting in almost a century. He'd wandered in from Oregon, looking for a mate.
I think there are really great movements happening in Portland. It's nice being in a place that supports itself and stands on its own.
I was surprised by how much I loved Portland. It is so wonderfully creative without being artsy. Great food scene.
I moved from Italy to Oregon in the '80s - sort of like moving to the middle of a "Duck Dynasty" episode, which was massive culture shock to say the least.
The entire time I was in Portland, which was the five years, I had absolutely no contact with any of my family.
I love Portland and I have so much history there and I knew it like the back of my hand, so the decision to leave was never easy.
I recalled when I worked in the woods and the bars of Madras, Oregon. That short-haired joy and roughness America your stupidity. I could almost love you again.
Portland has all the accoutrements of a big city, but the heart and soul of it is a small town, so that creates an intimacy in a large environment.
We had some great years in Portland. We went to the finals twice. We won 63 games one year. You can't tell me those weren't championship teams.
