Portland Quotes

Portland Quote of the day

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town.

Portland is where young people go to retire.

Portland can put the champagne away and get out the bottled water, 'cause that's all they're gonna drink on their way home!

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.

For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money.

I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.

When I read, you know, a rough neighborhood of Portland, I'm like - what? - they didn't have kombucha bars there?

I was surprised by how much I loved Portland. It is so wonderfully creative without being artsy. Great food scene.

I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did.

I dropped out of Reed College [Portland, Oregon] after the first six months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

I did grow up in a rough neighborhood in Portland, which is an abstract concept for anybody who's rolled through Portland because now it looks like a TV set, literally.

We had no idea what we were getting into. We thought we were just doing this little vampire movie in Portland. There was just a lot of silliness, a lot of hijinks and bad behavior.

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.

At this point, I feel like I have roots in a lot of places. I have friends who have put down roots, in Seattle and San Francisco and Portland, and I feel very close to them.

Fred is officially the mayor of Portland now.

Portland is a pretty magnificent place to live.

Portland is a really great city, especially because I'm a shopper and there's no sales tax! That really adds up so fast, because in California, a $1000 pair of shoes ends up costing another $100.

Being in Portland is cool. I have some good friends here and the general feeling might be a little more welcoming.