Tennessee Quotes

270 quotes from 200 authors

Today the most outlaw thing you can possibly do in Nashville, Tennessee, is play country music, a quote points out. Other lines recall a stage performance that made someone feel like a king, mention a playwright’s poetic touch, and describe a veteran’s concern about medical care in the state. A political note mentions a past election loss.

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Lots of girls marry at 16 in Tennessee.

Carlene Carter

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“Welcome to Tennessee, patron state of shootin' stuff.”

Bob Lee Swagger

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Tennessee Williams moves my soul.

Zawe Ashton

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Are you from Tennessee, because you the only 10 I see!

Anonymous

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I have a lot of love for Tennessee.

Derrick Henry

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I love Tennessee. I have a heart for Tennessee.

Bill Hagerty

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I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams.

St. Vincent

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I went to college at University of Tennessee.

Paula Pell

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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.

Rachel Boston

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The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August.

Ann Patchett

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Pabst Blue Ribbon. I'm from Johnson City, Tennessee. I gotta go Pabst.

Matt Czuchry

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Are you from Tennessee? Because you're the only ten I see!

Paperboi

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I Was in Florida And Everyone Was Telling Me To Say Stuff lol *Btw I'm From Tennessee*

Anonymous

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I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.

Kiran Desai

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I'm from Middlesboro, Ky., a little town on the Tennessee and Virginia border.

Lee Majors

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There are so many different versions of "Tennessee Waltz" and they're all so good.

Valerie June

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If you go to Tennessee, I will be there at all the games. I will be there to support you, but I…

The Blind Side

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I moved back to Tennessee in '86 or '87. That's when I worked with the Carter Family because I really wanted to…

Carlene Carter

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The global environment crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my…

Al Gore

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I'm not one of those people who's against all-black productions of Tennessee Williams plays, but there are lot more complex and natural…

Hilton Als

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'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams is a great play. I had to read it for school when I was younger, but…

Jake T. Austin

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The difference between the smartest dog and the stupidest man - say a Tennessee Holy Roller - is really very small.

H. L. Mencken

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“Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said Tennessee is the first state to reintroduce the electric chair without…

Anonymous

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All my ex's live in Texas, And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be, But all my ex's live in…

George Strait

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Watching the news inspires me to keep going and reminds me why I should never complain. I'm inspired by those who don't…

Robert Piper

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Cause I'm carryin' your love with me From West Virginia down to Tennessee I'll be movin' with the good lord speed, carryin'…

George Strait

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New Orleans could wreck your liver and poison your blood. It could destroy you financially. It could shun you or embrace you,…

Julie Smith

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I grew up in Tennessee, and if you didn't play football, you were a sissy. I got slurs all the time because…

Justin Timberlake

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No matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all…

Dolly Parton

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I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,'…

Rachel Boston

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I was born in Chicago, but I was raised in a town called Jackson, Tennessee. And a lot of these changes that…

Gil Scott-Heron

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You've probably heard the term, 'red flag warning.' That means there are extreme conditions. Low humidity, high temperatures. The fuels are extremely…

Bruce Miller