They say that Virginia is the mother of Texas. We never knew who the father was, but we kinda suspected Tennessee. — Tex Ritter Copy Share Image
If our legislature does not heartily push our University [of Virginia] we must send our children for education to Kentucky [Transylvania College]… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As a child, I was fortunate enough to be close to family members who were - and still are - great storytellers.… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
I admire Virginia Woolf so much that I wonder why I don't like her more. She makes the inner things real, she… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
If any doubt has arisen as to me, my country [Virginia] will have my political creed in the form of a "Declaration… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the great city of San Francisco, where I used to live, at 2 in the morning every other Victorian house has… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I'm been very lucky to be in the situation I've been in. I grew up in Virginia Beach, went to school at… — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
Two weeks ago at the Greater Glory Gathering Virginia Beach, the Lord spoke to me about contending for a greater outpouring of… — Todd Bentley Copy Share Image
So, in Kennedy's case, he was a Catholic. And people thought after the Al Smith election and so forth that a Catholic… — Geoffrey Cowan Copy Share Image
This will be a great day in our history; the date of a New Revolution - quite as much needed as the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Philip Glass, like [Virginia] Woolf, is more interested in that which continues than he is in that which begins, climaxes, and ends...… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
A middle-aged woman who looked like someone's cleaning lady, a shrieking adolescent lunatic and a talkshow host with an orange face... It… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
For a mile up and down the open fields before us the splendid lines of the veterans of the Army of Northern… — Rufus Dawes Copy Share Image
I want to talk about jobs and health care and pension security and what we're going to do to stop the brain… — Ted Strickland Copy Share Image
I look upon Virginia as a rib taken from Britain's side... While they both proceed as living under the marriage-compact, this Eve… — Alexander Spotswood Copy Share Image
From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand And his daring life of… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But… — Mamie Gummer Copy Share Image
The first presidential veto, by George Washington, was a veto of Alexander Hamilton's formula for apportioning the House, and the one that… — Kenneth Prewitt Copy Share Image
He who esteems the Virginia reel A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal, And regards the quadrille as a far… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The gulf between Virginia and Maryland isn't only a function of geography. It's also sociological. Indeed, it's probably not much of an… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
As an actor, to go and see those shows - great plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and Clifford Odets's 'Golden… — Keegan Allen Copy Share Image
I grew up in southwestern Virginia. I was born in South Carolina, but only because my parents had a vacation cabin or… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“Stephen's work does not call out to him in this way. It does not speak to him of secrets and stories. He… — Maya Lang Copy Share Image
It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
When you think about Broadway, you think broad and big, but the fact is there are so many plays that are very… — Steve Kazee Copy Share Image
I never had a hat, never wore one, but recently was given a brown suede duck-hunting hat. The moment I put it… — John Cage Copy Share Image
I grew up at the base of a mountain in Virginia, so my comfort zone is that Appalachian area, where all the… — Hilarie Burton Copy Share Image
“Every newspaper report of Virginia’s action made events in Virginia sound more extravagant than they were. The Burgesses had passed four resolves;… — Robert Middlekauff Copy Share Image
When I speak to students, I tell them why we have a First Amendment. I tell them about the Committees of Correspondence.… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“We are always sure that the heroine is fiery and passionate, which is quite an achievement when the plot has had to… — Ian Gregor Copy Share Image
The application requisite to the duties of the office I hold [governor of Virginia] is so excessive, and the execution of them… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
My inspiration is my hometown. I feel that because I'm representing my very overlooked region of Virginia, I have to keep accomplishing… — Thomas Jones Copy Share Image
“In your modesty you seem to consider that writers are of different blood and bone from yourselves; that they know more of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Virginia is proud to be the first state in the nation to offer former Guardsmen, Reservists, and their family members the opportunity… — Glenn Youngkin Copy Share Image
Imposing excessive new regulations, or closing coal-fired power plants, would produce few health or environmental benefits. But it would exact huge costs… — Paul Driessen Copy Share Image
Donald Trump didn't know the [Democratic] vice presidential candidate he was running against: Tim Kaine [Senator] of Virginia, Donald! Not Thomas Kean,… — Chrissy Teigen Copy Share Image
The private buildings [of Virginia] are very rarely constructed of stone or brick; much the greatest proportion being of scantlingand boards, plastered… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the end I created a career of my own, concentrating on my writing and lecturing, reaching larger audiences than I would… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Porter was from Virginia and had a smooth-as-cat-fur way of speaking. She taught me how to say, “Fiddle-Dee-Dee,” just like Scarlett… — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
![“If our legislature does not heartily push our University [of Virginia] we must send our children for education to Kentucky [Transylvania College] or Cambridge [Harvard College]. The latter will return them to us as fanatics and tories, the former will keep them to add to their population.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/191/thomas-jefferson-43_add_if-our-legislature-does-not-heartily-pus_1816270.jpg)
![“If any doubt has arisen as to me, my country [Virginia] will have my political creed in the form of a "Declaration &c." which I was lately directed to draw. This will give decisive proof that my own sentiment concurred with the vote they instructed us to give.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0a5/thomas-jefferson-43_country_if-any-doubt-has-arisen-as-to-me-my-coun_1434041.jpg)
![“Philip Glass, like [Virginia] Woolf, is more interested in that which continues than he is in that which begins, climaxes, and ends... Glass and Woolf have both broken out of the traditional realm of the story, whether literary or musical, in favor of something more meditative, less neatly…” quote by Michael Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c6f/michael-cunningham-1120_broken_philip-glass-like-virginia-woolf-is-more_1216205.jpg)
![“I look upon Virginia as a rib taken from Britain's side... While they both proceed as living under the marriage-compact, this Eve might thrive so long as her Adam flourishes. Whatever serpent shall tempt her to go astray etc [will only cause] her husband to rule more strictly over her.” quote by Alexander Spotswood](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/08d/alexander-spotswood-217587_adam_i-look-upon-virginia-as-a-rib-taken-from_990723.jpg)
![“The application requisite to the duties of the office I hold [governor of Virginia] is so excessive, and the execution of them after all so imperfect, that I have determined to retire from it at the close of the present campaign.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e98/thomas-jefferson-43_application_the-application-requisite-to-the-duties_445681.jpg)
![“Donald Trump didn't know the [Democratic] vice presidential candidate he was running against: Tim Kaine [Senator] of Virginia, Donald! Not Thomas Kean, Republican [former Governor] of New Jersey, you moron! And his answer to absolutely every question is so simplistic and grand: "Oh, I'll fix it…” quote by Chrissy Teigen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8a2/chrissy-teigen-8139_answers_donald-trump-didn-t-know-the-democratic_1520397.jpg)
![“The private buildings [of Virginia] are very rarely constructed of stone or brick; much the greatest proportion being of scantlingand boards, plastered with lime. It is impossible to devise things more ugly, uncomfortable, and happily more perishable.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/096/thomas-jefferson-43_architecture_the-private-buildings-of-virginia-are-ve_1855121.jpg)
