Mississippi Quotes · Page 8

As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and…

— Ron Kind

“J.W. and Roy didn’t just snatch the childhood away from Emmett; they stole it from every single black child in Mississippi.”

— Bernice McFadden

It was very clear to me in 1965, in Mississippi, that, as a lawyer, I could get people into schools, desegregate the…

— Marian Wright Edelman

I don't remember any impression [from blues].The blues was just everywhere in the Mississippi Delta. It was mostly black sharecroppers living there,…

— Mose Allison

I hear people say all the time, "I'm not really religious, but I consider myself spiritual." I definitely have always been spiritual,…

— Oprah Winfrey

Nothing rekindles my spirits, gives comfort to my heart and mind, more than a visit to Mississippi... and to be regaled as…

— Craig Claiborne

New Jersey boasts the highest percentage of passport holders (68%); Delaware (67%), Alaska (65%), Massachusetts (63%), New York (62%), and California (60%)…

— Richard Florida

Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?

— Charles Rangel

What we need is a good salesman for Mississippi, someone who can effectively represent our interests.

— Mike Espy

Im concerned about the cost, just like everybody else. Theres no question that we have an obligation to help the people of…

— Saxby Chambliss

Forty percent of the United States drains into the Mississippi. It's agriculture. It's golf courses. It's domestic runoff from our lawns and…

— Sylvia Earle

The issue of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals has vexed politicians for decades. I have my own cloudy…

— Ronnie Musgrove

There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the…

— Andrei Codrescu

Courage isn't something you are born with. It comes to you with experience.

— Patricia Neal

[My mother] tried so hard to make life easy for us. Those are the things that forced me to try to do…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

Liberals believe that crime is inextricably linked with poverty. In reality, most poor people never resort to crime, and some wealthy people…

— Rush Limbaugh

My parents had to go to Ohio to get married in 1965 because it was still illegal in Mississippi. My white father…

— Natasha Trethewey

My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the…

— Henry Adams

I stand here struggling for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country. They are not-in Mississippi. They…

— Paul Robeson

“Mr. Raney named the porpoises - Sister Woman, and Renford, and Lamar, and St. Elmo - and could recognize them, and call…

— Lewis Nordan

The other great innovation are things like Transparent or One Mississippi on Amazon, Master of None on Netflix, and those half-hours. It's…

— Tom Riley

Very few writers understand the complex history and maddening social order of the Mississippi Delta. For Steve Yarbrough, though, it's home turf.…

— John Grisham

I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and…

— Roman Coppola

Death and loss, they plague you. So do memories. Like the Mississippi's incessant slap against the levees, they creep up with deceptive…

— Karen White

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald