Welcome to our collection of Arizona quotes, where the essence of the Grand Canyon State is captured in words. Arizona, with its rugged landscapes, vibrant cultures, and rich history, has inspired countless individuals to express their admiration, awe, and contemplation through eloquent phrases and poignant statements. From renowned authors and poets to everyday travelers, the allure of Arizona has left an indelible mark on the hearts and minds of those who have experienced its beauty and mystique.
As you delve into the quotes showcased below, you’ll embark on a journey through the diverse tapestry of Arizona’s landscapes and cultures. Whether it’s the breathtaking vistas of the Grand Canyon, the serenity of Sedona’s red rocks, or the vibrant energy of Phoenix and Tucson, each quote offers a unique perspective on what makes Arizona truly special. So, whether you’re a native Arizonan, a visitor captivated by its charm, or simply someone intrigued by the allure of the American Southwest, we invite you to explore these words that encapsulate the essence of Arizona. Discover the magic, the wonder, and the spirit of this extraordinary state through the words of those who have been touched by its beauty and majesty.
I was a musical theater major at the University of Arizona. And I primarily trained with Marsha Bagwell. It was a classical program, so we did Chekov and Moliere and a lot of Shakespeare. Christine Woods
I lived in Arizona, and I thought Florida was in California because I thought oranges came from the same place. Jennifer Rubin
When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his 287(g) status. When Sheriff Joe refused to balk, they filed suit against him with a frivolous civil rights claim. Russell Pearce
I grew up in Arizona and have a lot of buddies that are cowpokes. Michael Biehn
‘Hey Dude’ was shot in Arizona, and that took me to the West Coast. We did 65 episodes. It was not a show that a ton of people saw, so it was like doing acting classes and getting paid for it. At that point I had the acting bug. So I went to L.A. to give it a try and never left. Christine Taylor
Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining. Copper is huge here, and now uranium. And then we have the federal government coming in, writing all these rules and regulations and telling us that we can’t do this and we can’t do that. We need concise, clear answers. Jan Brewer
There’s not a single person in Arizona today who would say the Grand Canyon was a mistake. Stewart Udall
I’m honored to have served for 18 years as Arizona’s 10th Senator – and for four terms in the House of Representatives before that. Jon Kyl
In Arizona we have passed laws to free our people so that they can defend themselves and their loved ones. You cannot predict where evil will raise its head, but you can be prepared for it. Russell Pearce
Arizona has become a national leader in the restoration of the Rule of Law, with over 100,000 illegal aliens having left the state since 2007. Russell Pearce
The murder of Robert Krentz – whose family had been ranching in Arizona since 1907 – by illegal alien drug dealers was the final straw for many Arizonans. But there are dozens and dozens of other citizens of our state who had been murdered by illegal aliens. Currently 95 illegal aliens are in Maricopa County jail for murder. Russell Pearce
So if Arizona sees the federal government isn’t assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it’s a federal issue. Vicente Fox
I went to the University of Arizona. I stopped because I went there for two years and I felt like I experienced college or whatever. I’m over it. I like Hollywood better. Nicole Richie
I’ve had a surprising number of near-death experiences: I was nearly blown up by a landmine in Sudan; I was stranded on the Zambezi river at night; I was bucked off a rodeo horse in Arizona and had to be airlifted to hospital; and, worst of all, I once ate a Pot Noodle. Sandi Toksvig
The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren’t really stars yet. Nicolas Cage was not a big star when we did Raising Arizona. A lot of these people were also virtually unknown, too, when we worked with them first. Joel Coen
President Obama has decided to have the United Nations review the law of Arizona. You have got to be kidding! We’re now going to have countries like Cuba, Libya and Uganda sitting in judgment on Arizona’s laws? Enough is enough! Russell Pearce
Arizona has always been anti-black. Paul Mooney
My sister and I graduated from Arizona State University where she was president and I was secretary of the College Republicans. Rachel Campos-Duffy
Sarah Palin is brilliant. She is a media magnet and a media magnate. She creates headlines and draws crowds wherever she goes, whether it’s 98 degrees in the desert of Arizona or below freezing in the snow of Wisconsin. Mark McKinnon
I was honored to wear ‘Arizona’ across my chest. I am extremely blessed to have my education completely paid for and take part in the great tradition of Wildcat softball. To have my jersey number retired was the ultimate compliment. Jennie Finch
My idea of heaven is being in Arizona, stuck up a mountain – somewhere where there are no phones. Gavin Esler
In the state of Alabama we have a significant number of illegal aliens that are leaving our state as occurred in Arizona after they got tough on illegal aliens. Mo Brooks
I am encouraged that there’s going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that’s not wishful thinking. Jan Brewer
My wife used to be an anchorwoman in Arizona, so she knew John McCain, and she liked him, and I kinda liked him. Clint Eastwood
But the people of Arizona, the people of America, have been promised that our borders would be secured for years and years and years, with it not happening. And I don’t believe the people of America, certainly not the people of Arizona, are ready to discuss anything other at this point in time other than securing our borders. Jan Brewer
I divide my time between homes in Arizona and England, six months a year in each place. Terri Windling
I often say that Arizonans should decide what’s best for Arizona. Jane D. Hull
I supported Arizona’s immigration law by joining in that lawsuit to defend it. Every day I have Texans on that border that are doing their job. Rick Perry
Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona’s citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city’s efforts. J. D. Hayworth
I love Arizona. I was raised right. Somebody has to go to Washington and knock the hell out of the place. Ben Quayle
At Harvard, I grew up a lot in terms of being able to deal with different types of people because where I grew up in Arizona, it’s predominately white and predominantly Mormon families, so there’s not a whole lot of diversity. Ryan Fitzpatrick
The Horny Toad in Cave Creek has great food. When I’m in Arizona, I have at least one meal there. I have a daughter who lives out there, and Dee Dee Wood, who was the choreographer on ‘Mary Poppins,’ lives out there. I still get out there once in a while, but not in the summer. Dick Van Dyke
It wouldn’t matter whether you were Latino or Hispanic or Norwegian. If you didn’t have proof of citizenship and if the police officer had reasonable suspicion, he would ask and verify your citizenship. I mean, that’s the way that it is. That’s what the federal law says. And that’s what the law in Arizona says. Jan Brewer
A film that I love is ‘Raising Arizona’ and that’s funny but it’s quite indie and weird and odd and quirky. I’d love to do something like that. Who knows? Stephen Moyer
For example, in my own State of Arizona, an Israeli scientist is working with an Arizona company on a demonstration project involving a very fast-growing algae which can be used to power a biomass energy plan. John Shadegg
I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around. John Goodman
My favorite film of all time is ‘Raising Arizona.’ I watched it again as soon as it was over. I had it on VHS, rented it, and I watched it and said, ‘I want to watch that again, right now.’ I think I did the same with something like ‘Goodfellas,’ which is a completely different genre. Edgar Wright
Arizona is a red state, and we’re going to keep it red. Jan Brewer
Arizona has excellent medical schools, both public and private, and it is critical that we create an environment that keeps medical students in Arizona to practice medicine once they complete medical school and their residency programs. Doug Ducey
I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer to myself as a writer. I’m a columnist, maybe a journalist, I guess I’m an author, but writer… no. That’s not up to me to call myself, that’s rather lofty. It’s for the reader to decide. Laurie Notaro
Senator Jon Kyl has given all of the eventual candidates in this race an excellent model of how to best serve Arizona and the country. He’s set the bar extremely high, and I’ll do my best to meet that standard. Jeff Flake
America is the only developed nation that has a 2,000-mile border with a developing nation, and the government’s refusal to control that border is why there are an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona and why the nation, sensibly insisting on first things first, resists ‘comprehensive’ immigration reform. George Will
Arizona’s law makes what is already a federal offense – being in the country illegally – a state offense. Some critics seem not to understand Arizona’s right to assert concurrent jurisdiction. George Will
Arizona is the worst place to spend the summer – it’s like 125 degrees – so my mom, my brother and I would go to the beach for two months to escape the heat. Emma Stone
You don’t go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don’t take belt buckles off the Arizona. Robert Ballard
We have over 500,000 illegal immigrants living in Arizona. And we simply cannot sustain it. It costs us a tremendous amount of money of course in health care, in education, and then, on top of it all, in incarceration. And the federal government doesn’t reimburse us on any of these things. Jan Brewer
I had a brief experience in the food industry. I was a bus boy in a Mexican restaurant in Arizona, scraping re-fried beans off people’s plates. It teaches you a bit of humility and the importance of a good deodorant. Wentworth Miller
I think it’s really cool, but Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms did it better than anyone. People don’t realize just how awesome the Arizona history is, especially for alternative music. Growing up, that’s all I ever wanted to be was those two bands. Nate Ruess
Out of labor’s struggle in Arizona came better conditions for the workers, who must everywhere, at all times, under advantage and disadvantage work out their own salvation. Mary Harris Jones
We have at least 125 communities in Arizona at risk from wildfire, not because of review processes or litigation delays but because of a lack of federal funding on the ground to actually begin the projects. Janet Napolitano
The attack and our response show just how vital Arizona’s military bases are to the defense of our country. We need to do everything we can to protect them. Jane D. Hull
No matter how many lawyers and lawsuits Obama throws at Arizona, we will have the American people and the Constitution on our side. Russell Pearce
I love design in general, the creativity. Whether it is golf courses, my apparel line, ads we do or our business with AriZona, design is fun. Jack Nicklaus
I have long been a proponent of a guest-worker program between the United States and Mexico, and in particular I have proposed that Arizona would be an ideal location for a pilot project. Janet Napolitano
When states like Alabama and Arizona passed some of the harshest immigration laws in history, my Attorney General took them on in court and we won. Barack Obama
Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Despite Arizona’s remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved our dust control plan. Jane D. Hull
I live in Arizona. I think the Hispanic people are amazing. I think when people talk about illegal immigration… it does them a disservice. Charles Barkley
I took an oath to protect the people of Arizona, and that’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to keep pushing in that direction. Jan Brewer
I think what’s going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona – and I think it’s going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory. Bill Richardson
When I came home after my statutory term as surgeon general, I just resumed my life here in southern Arizona. Teaching at the university; my law enforcement career. Sitting on some boards. All the things I did before. Richard Carmona
As a little girl in Arizona, none of the women in my family had a cultural connection with Girl Scouts, but the opportunity resonated with my mother as a platform that would allow me to excel in school. Anna Maria Chavez
Anytime that the Arizona Cardinals play football, I scream at the top of my lungs at the television. And I have certain dances that I do. Blake Shelton
I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home. Dennis Farina
We have serious enemies and growing threats around the world. Unfortunately, we have an administration whose idea of a rogue state is Arizona. Mitt Romney
The Yankees have better starting pitchers than Arizona. Arizona just has two… the Yanks have four. Keith Hernandez
Fifty thousand people in Mexico have been murdered. Puerto Penasco, 60 miles south of our border, just had five people and a police officer killed. That is like part of Arizona, and it is spilling over into our state. Jan Brewer
What most people don’t understand is that UFOs are on a cosmic tourist route. That’s why they’re always seen in Arizona, Scotland, and New Mexico. Another thing to consider is that all three of those destinations are good places to play golf. So there’s possibly some connection between aliens and golf. Alice Cooper
The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt. Mary Harris Jones
I look at my grandparents and what they dealt with in the Japanese internment in Arizona. That sense of perseverance, of making the best out of an incredibly bad situation, has always been something I drew inspiration from. I always ask myself, ‘What in the world do I have to complain about?’ Scott Fujita
We can’t have – we can’t have a patchwork of 50 states developing their own immigration policy. I understand the frustration of people in Arizona. They want the federal government to step up and deal with this problem once and for all, and that’s what we want to do. David Axelrod
Arizona is gorgeous. The sunshine in Arizona is gorgeous red. Cecilia Bartoli
Arizona faces unique healthcare challenges including uncompensated care for illegal immigrants, and the large number of Native Americans who live in remote and isolated areas of the state. Rick Renzi
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal. George Will
And you know, I said yesterday, you know, you know, if they’re not going to – if the feds aren’t going to do their job, well, then, I’m up to suing the feds to make them do their job! I mean, they sued Arizona, you know, we can sue them back! I mean, they’re not – they’re not enforcing the laws! Jan Brewer
I grew up in rural Arizona. My dad ran a general store. Ann Kirkpatrick
I am a forthright defender of the right to bear arms – which is guaranteed not only by the U.S. Constitution, but by the Constitution of Arizona. Doug Ducey
I went to the University of Arizona on a full athletic scholarship for gymnastics, where I competed and got 9th in the nation at the NCAAs. Denise Austin
I care very much about women and their progress. I didn’t go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things that I did was to examine every single statute in the state of Arizona to pick out the ones that discriminated against women and get them changed. Sandra Day O’Connor
I spend most of hunting season at the ranch. We all love to hunt whitetails, and we have a pretty good supply in South Texas. I also love to hunt elk in Arizona, mule deer in Utah, and I’ve been to Canada to hunt caribou. George Strait
My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I’d go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty. Kate Walsh
When I was a young co-ed at Arizona State University, my sister was the president of the College Republicans. I was her secretary. Rachel Campos-Duffy
Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature have created an environment in Arizona where performing is no longer a neutral act. They have created an environment where they can convert the normal commercial interaction between artists and their fans into the means to apply this racist law. Zack de la Rocha
I speak as much Spanish as anyone who has grown up in Southern California or Texas or Arizona. I had my three years of high-school Spanish and a couple of semesters in college. Will Ferrell
I still run into people in the business who skip over any other credits I have and say, ‘I loved ‘Hey, Dude!’ This was back in ’88, ’89, ’90. It was a goofy show about kids working at a dude ranch in Arizona. We did 65 episodes; I wrote 13 of them. We didn’t know what we were doing, but it was writers’ boot camp. It was great. Graham Yost
Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining. Jan Brewer
I went to Phoenix, Arizona for ‘Angel Unchained,’ and they’d hire the bike gang from Phoenix to be extras in the movie. Larry Bishop
Prescott National Forest is right on the edge of my home in Arizona. Maynard James Keenan
Law enforcement in the state of Arizona supports Senate Bill 1070. We have many organizations and groups of the officers on the ground that understand the problem, need another tool in order to address the problem and support it wholeheartedly. Jan Brewer
Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget. Jane D. Hull
Arizona is really cool but I couldn’t stay there for too long. Dar Williams
The notion that we won the war against Iraq is like saying we won a war against Arizona. I mean, the fact of the matter is it’s not that big of a country. Nobody, I don’t think, had any notion that we would do anything but win it. Carol Moseley Braun
You know, I think there was a point in time when people didn’t really understand how birth certificates were kept in the state of Hawaii, and now, I think that it’s been pretty much disclosed that they used to have a long form and now they don’t have a long form. Arizona used to have a long form, we now have a short form. Jan Brewer
Arizona’s forest fires are not waiting for April, and neither will we. That is why I am pushing for stepped up deployment for Hot Shot wildfire crews in March rather than April, in order to better prepare for the expected fires in northern Arizona. Rick Renzi
If Democrats start consistently winning Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada, the electoral outlook for Republicans in the future is mighty bleak. Mark McKinnon
I went to Albuquerque, I went to Denver, to Arizona, to California, a lot of different places to learn. I’m always trying to get new knowledge. Brandon Moreno
Chicago’s buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her. Jack Adams
Today, Arizona’s sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country. Jane D. Hull
We spent our honeymoon at a fabulous place called the Grapevine Canyon Ranch near Tucson, Arizona, and totally fell for the City Slickers fantasy, so it would be wonderful to take the children there now that they are old enough to appreciate the thrill of cattle herding on horseback and sleeping out in the desert. Mary Nightingale
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar