Louisiana Quotes · Page 5

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it.

— Huey Long

In Louisiana, we don't bet on football games, we bet on whether a politician is going to be indicted or not.

— Mark Duffy

“Trust can be one of life’s greatest rewards, but it can also be the cause for the most destruction in one’s life.”

— John-Talmage Mathis

“You’ve looked in the mirror long enough. See everything as if it were narrated by another.”

— John-Talmage Mathis

“I did what I thought was right. I'm not trying to win any popularity contest.”

— Sue Eakin

“But that’s Louisiana, lots of crazy Cajun stuff goes on over there. Who knows what they’re doing in those swamps!”

— Amy Weinland Daughters

Louisiana's rural communities are vital to the strength of our state.

— John Bel Edwards

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

— Dustin Poirier

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

You're from Louisiana - you're playing for Louisiana, man. You get so much love from everybody, especially from New Orleans, my city.…

— Leonard Fournette

[On Hillary Rodham Clinton:] She always looks so adorable, and she's intrepid; she's the biggest bargain America ever got, bigger than that…

— Jackie Kennedy

I have families all the time in my district in southeast Louisiana sharing with me stories of double digit premium increases every…

— Steve Scalise

“As long as I live, when I think about Louisiana, I'll remember glistening mist on a Cajun girl's hair, and walking together…

— William Woodall

In '71 or '72 I returned to New Orleans and stayed there. I started cooking Louisiana food. Of all the things I…

— Paul Prudhomme

For too long, government bureaucracies have hindered the growth of businesses not only in Louisiana, but all across the United States.

— Mike Johnson

Louisiana and France have, perhaps, one of the oldest and strongest bonds. Our culture is shaped by this historic relationship, and the…

— John Bel Edwards

I grew up in a working-class Catholic family in south Louisiana. I went to a state university. I taught literature, wrote a…

— Nic Pizzolatto

I am fascinated by the places that music comes from, like fife-and-drum blues from southern Mississippi or Cajun music out of Lafayette,…

— Robbie Robertson

The coaching profession has lost one of its true legends. Though he was best known for winning more football games than any…

— Grant Teaff

I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became…

— Emeril Lagasse

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

— Mark Powell

In 1971, Bossier City, Louisiana, there was a teenage girl who was pregnant with her second child. She was a high school…

— Jared Leto

To propel our Louisiana culture into the future seems to be quite a task, but if one lives for the music as…

— Michael Doucet

We tend to want to stay here in Louisiana as Louisiana people. We've just got to be mindful that there are other…

— Ed Reed

My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.

— Ian Somerhalder

“David Vitter is a perfect case-study to demonstrate that Louisiana voters lack brains.”

— Michel Templet

In Louisiana, we are known for our ability to come together in times of great need.

— John Bel Edwards

Under my administration, Louisiana veterans can rest assured that veterans matter personally to me.

— John Bel Edwards

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

— Leah Rae Miller

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

— John Bel Edwards

I love Louisiana fried fish, but it's all Martin Luther King, I can't go over there.

— Vince Staples

Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada.

— Paul Prudhomme

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

— John-Talmage Mathis

Very few issues have the support of 90 percent of Louisiana, but the support for legislation granting equal pay for equal work…

— John Bel Edwards

“Until the Civil War there was scarcely a man in public life in New Orleans or Louisiana who had not fought at…

— Herbert Asbury

The crisis is not an opportunity to change the character of Louisiana's political order. We must not use the crisis to turn…

— Jesse Jackson

Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air - moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh -…

— Tom Robbins

I'm a proud fighter for the little guy and the people of my state who are struggling to make ends meet. That's…

— Charlie Melancon

But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel…

— John Breaux

I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to…

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones