1.
I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.
Elliott Smith
2.
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
Elliott Smith
3.
I trained with the FBI in Portland and I also had many conversations with female FBI agents in Los Angeles, as well. That was again something that also came in very handy for Basic, because I'd learned already how to handle a gun and how to behave just physically when you're in a situation, a threat. That was very good to know.
Connie Nielsen
4.
I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town.
Patti Smith
5.
Portland is where young people go to retire.
Fred Armisen
6.
Portland can put the champagne away and get out the bottled water, 'cause that's all they're gonna drink on their way home!
Chick Hearn
7.
When I read, you know, a rough neighborhood of Portland, I'm like - what? - they didn't have kombucha bars there?
Esperanza Spalding
8.
For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money.
Greg Oden
9.
There's something that I can't describe about the city [Portland] that I really love - just physically - how it feels to walk around there, and have coffee there. Also, the way that it's a little overcast sometimes. Something about Portland just really resonated with me.
Fred Armisen
10.
I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.
Elliott Smith
11.
The Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan’s three-point explosion in Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals against Portland is easily one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen. As he made his sixth straight, he winked directly at (broadcast partner) Mike (Fratello) and me and held his palms up in a shrug, as if to say, What can I do?
Marv Albert
12.
I was surprised by how much I loved Portland. It is so wonderfully creative without being artsy. Great food scene.
Sloane Crosley
13.
Portland is a pretty magnificent place to live.
Leni Zumas
14.
President Obama answered questions on YouTube today. He was asked 7,500 times about legalizing marijuana. And that was just from Chad in Portland.
Conan O'Brien
15.
Are we going to Portland?" I asked. "Or Multnomah Falls?" He smiled at me. "Go to sleep." I waited three seconds. "Are we there yet?" His smile widened, and the last of the usual tension melted from his face. For a smile like that, I'd...do anything.
Patricia Briggs
16.
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.
Elizabeth Reaser
17.
Traditionally, when we lived here [in Portland], we have a record player in the living room, and there's lots of stuff playing, all different kinds of music. I don't listen to any of those Internet radio things. I have iTunes on my thing, but I've never bought a single thing on it. Except for "Call Me Maybe," for the kids or whatever. Carly Rae Jepsen.
Stephen Malkmus
18.
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.
Dar Williams
19.
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.
Esperanza Spalding