Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I grew up in Kilmichael, Mississippi. It's a dot on the map 100 miles north of Jackson. — Grace Hightower Copy Share Image
We need a governor focused on job creation, bringing better and higher paying jobs to Mississippi. — Tate Reeves Copy Share Image
“My rhythm was joined with that of the Mississippi seasons. To change would shift everything inside of me...” — Carolyn Haines Copy Share Image
“In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
The Coast Guard has a strong presence in Mississippi and on its waterways. — Cindy Hyde-Smith Copy Share Image
Cindy-Hyde Smith is hurting Mississippi - our progress and our reputation - and we simply must replace her. — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
In fiction, too, after the death of Cooper the main tendency for nearly a generation was away from the conquest of new… — Carl Clinton Van Doren Copy Share Image
What little family I got is in Mississippi. A whole lot of them died before I left, and my sister died a… — Pinetop Perkins Copy Share Image
The Mississippi and its paddle boats, and the rivers of Bengal and their gleaming steamers evoked a similar atmosphere of romance, of… — Qurratulain Hyder Copy Share Image
I'm also a blues musician, and all blues artists can trace their pain to the slavery fields of the Mississippi Delta. — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
“Roy Dale suspected that Mississippi was beautiful. He wasn't sure. He didn't have anything to compare it to. He hadn't even ever… — Lewis Nordan Copy Share Image
The conditions in the prisons operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections are absolutely inhumane and unconstitutional. — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
Music is in Mississippi's DNA, whether it's the blues, country music, folk, or rock 'n' roll. It's not just a source of… — Cindy Hyde-Smith Copy Share Image
The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
Actually, when I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
In the '50s, listening to Elvis and others on the radio in Bombay - it didn't feel alien. Noises made by a… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Jesmyn Ward is an alchemist. She transmutes pain and loss into gold. Men We Reaped illustrates hardships but thankfully, vitally, it's just… — Victor LaValle Copy Share Image
I felt no obligation to bow to any 21st Century political correctness. What I did feel an obligation to do was to… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I get letters every week from people who live in rural Texas or rural Mississippi and who feel totally alone. They feel… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Egyptian pyramids or obelisks – seemed to be the basis of the great memorials that have kept their significance and dignity across… — Eero Saarinen Copy Share Image
The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold… — John Moody Copy Share Image
I was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1969, in a time and place where no one was saying, 'Look how far we've… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there. — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
Mississippi begins in a lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“You can take the girl out of Mississippi but you can't take the Mississippi out of the girl.” — Kristi Cook Copy Share Image
Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system. — Jerry Costello Copy Share Image
“Mississippi begins in the lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee, hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico.” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Between 1882 and 1968, more black people were lynched in MIssissippi than in any other state.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way. Go back? What I want to go back for? — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
“They had buried him under our elm tree, they said -- yet this was not totally true. For he really lay buried… — Willie Morris Copy Share Image
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state sweltering in the heat of injustice and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We've got to replace the statues of Jefferson Davis and JZ George in the U.S. Capitol, and the people of Mississippi ought… — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
Mississippi is an imperfect state, and I can predict with certainty that I will reflect that imperfection. Mississippians also strive for excellence,… — Tate Reeves Copy Share Image
Whether in public office or right here at home, I will never stop fighting for Mississippi. From the Delta to East Mississippi… — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
When I was growing up I always wanted to be a waitress. My sister opened a restaurant in Mississippi, and I went… — Lacey Chabert Copy Share Image
I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music... the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
“Mississippi blood is different. It’s got some river in it. Delta soil, turpentine, asbestos, cotton poison. But there’s strength in it, too.… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to repeat what all know. All mapmakers should place the Mississippi in the same location and avoid originality. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
