Los Angeles/Quotes

"Priya: I'm in hell. Topher: You're in Los Angeles. I can understand the mixup."

- Dollhouse

"Fry: So you're saying these aren't the decaying ruins of New York in the year 4000? Farnsworth: You wish! You're in Los Angeles! Fry: But there was this gang of 10-year-olds with guns. Leela: Exactly, you're in L.A. Fry: But everyone is driving around in cars shooting at each other. Bender: That's L.A. for you. Fry: But the air is green and there's no sign of civilization whatsoever. Bender: He just won't stop with the social commentary."

- Futurama

""They were making something new, magnificent and awful; and it did not include much that had been previously described as heaven.""

- Historian R.L. Duffus (describing the mushrooming growth of the city in the early 1900s), Queen Calafia's Island: Facts And Myths About The Golden State

"Dutch: Ever hear of Mac Ray Edwards? Edwards worked for the county, helped build the LA freeways. From 1953 to 1969 he slaughtered children at night and planted their bodies in the soil he and his construction workers paved over with asphalt the next day. The city's roads are literally paved with dead bodies. 50% of the world's known serial killers have spent at least a portion of their lives in Southern Califoria. Why do you think that is? Lloyd: Everyone comes to Los Angeles to get famous..."

- The Shield

"Look at that mountain Look at those trees Look at that bum over there, man He's down on his knees Look at these women There ain't nothin' like 'em nowhere... I love L.A.!"

- Randy Newman