Louisiana Quotes · Page 9

Throughout U.S. history, competent public investments have been an essential complement to private investments - from the Louisiana Purchase, to land-grant colleges,…

— Felix Rohatyn

“This is Louisiana, we don't have basements because of the water level.”

— Leah Rae Miller

When I was 13 or 14, I took seven months off from touring. I did a lot of weekend gigs in Louisiana.…

— Hunter Hayes

“Colored or not, we all pick the white man's cotton.”

— James Lee Burke

I looked the people of Louisiana in the eye and told them exactly what I thought in terms that normal people use.

— John Kennedy

Louisiana values both compassion and sustainable employment that provides for our families.

— John Bel Edwards

I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.

— Tim Blake Nelson

I'm a very emotional writer. I always need to have a boyfriend. I always need to have some food. I always need…

— Ester Dean

Sometimes when these kinds of things happen, it can seem a little bit too much to bear. But what I want the…

— Barack Obama

Shipbuilding has been an important industry in Louisiana for generations, and the armed forces of the United States have long relied on…

— John Bel Edwards

“From my friend, Brig. General Ezell Ware, Jr., CA Nat'l Guard, Dec. Keep on going till you get there, then keep going.”

— Tracey Richardson

Much of the attention on oceans has portrayed oceans as a villain. Warm water strengthened Hurricane Katrina that pounded Louisiana. Rising sea…

— Mark Powell

“Gossip is an unavoidable evil at school, work, or wherever, but when the HR department gossips, it elevates into malice.”

— John-Talmage Mathis

Louisiana commenced her existence as a state under a code of laws differing from all the other states which were founded on…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Hillary Clinton didn't go to Louisiana. She didn't go to Mexico. She was invited.

— Donald Trump

It's a road movie [Valentine]. I mean, yes. We film it here and it takes place from basically Colorado to Louisiana. That's…

— Todd Farmer

I'm good man, repin' Baton Rouge, Louisiana to the fullest. Lettin' everybody know that I got some new heat comin' to the…

— Lil Boosie

I come from south Louisiana where everyone has a blue-collar work ethic.

— Dustin Poirier

We've already seen too many of our young adults leave Louisiana for jobs and education in other states.

— John Bel Edwards

The only thing that can ever make a Louisiana boy feel better is Popeye's.

— Daniel Cormier

I went to Louisiana Tech, which is just down the road from where we lived. It was an easy college to get…

— Jeff Mangum

It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been…

— Lindy Boggs

My first job was cleaning dog kennels. It was especially, ah, aromatic during those hot, humid Louisiana summers, but it prepared me…

— Robert Crais

I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana.

— Trishelle Cannatella

I grew up in Louisiana and spent my formative years there. There's a contradictory nature to the place and a sort of…

— Nic Pizzolatto