Tennessee Quotes · Page 3

Knox County, Tennessee, is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.

— Kane

And they feelin me so, they aint feelin yall so I volunteer every ten I see (tennessee) vince yarborough.

— Wale

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

— Gil Scott-Heron

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.

— Roy Acuff

Are you from tennessee? cuz I wana make out with your face

— Anonymous

Tennessee helps me open up. I'm much more vulnerable there, more willing to talk about anything.

— Dan Fogelberg

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.

— Gloria Swanson

Eugene O'Neil created an American theater, and Tennessee Williams taught it how to sing.

— John Guare

As the former Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, I have a deep appreciation for how vital the…

— Bill Hagerty

My dad's family was from Tennessee. I grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia, where we lived at the base of the Blue Ridge…

— Connie Britton

Shame about how we’re gonna die here, though. I mean, seriously. An Arab and a half-Jew enter a store in Tennessee. It’s…

— John Green

One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and…

— Jon Meacham

From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with…

— Candace Parker

The hardworking people of Tennessee believe strongly in maintaining a robust military, taking care of our veterans and investing in our infrastructure…

— Bill Hagerty

What you need for breakfast, they say in East Tennessee, is a jug of good corn liquor, a thick steak and a…

— Charles Kuralt

I don't even want to call it God. I just want to call it connecting with something that's greater than I am.…

— Valerie June

There is, it appears, a conspiracy of scientists afoot. Their purpose is to break down religion, propagate immorality, and so reduce mankind…

— H. L. Mencken

History will always regard Florida as the state that decided the Bush-Gore contest, but if Gore had carried Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, West…

— Steve Kornacki

One of the teams (Tennessee) that jumped us had the same game that we had. They're down, they're playing at home and…

— Charlie Weis

In the case of Alex Haley, Haley's material is located at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, primarily. But there are a…

— Manning Marable

I grew up down in the hills of Virginia. I can be in Kentucky in 20 minutes, Tennessee in 20 minutes or…

— Ralph Stanley

There are a couple of different types of food I eat a lot. I was raised in the South, in Tennessee, so…

— Megan Fox

If you want to live in Tennessee, God bless you, I wish for you a long life and starry evenings. But that…

— Richard Rodriguez

When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact,…

— Bart Gordon

When I'm older, I'd like to play one of Tennessee Williams's women and an older Adelaide in 'Guys and Dolls.'

— Suranne Jones

When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?

— Mae West

I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.

— Malik Jackson

The education needs in Silicon Valley versus rural Iowa versus Tennessee are very different.

— Andy Ogle

I was raised in Maryland. My mom was born in London, and my dad was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

— Jovan Adepo

My people came from western Tennessee and western Kentucky.

— Rodney Crowell

I chose Tennessee because I thought theyd give me an opportunity to play.

— Jamal Lewis

I chose Tennessee because I thought they'd give me an opportunity to play.

— Jamal Lewis

Tennessee is a program that I thought had a lot of tradition. A program that I thought stood for something.

— Booger McFarland

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— Rachel

“I placed a jar in Tennessee and round it was upon a hill.”

— Wallace Stevens

I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.

— Paul Simon

I'm from Texas. I hitchhiked to Tennessee when I was 19 years old, and it is really beautiful in Tennessee.

— Steve Earle

I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show.

— Elia Kazan

“The grandmother decided that she would not mention that the house was in Tennessee.”

— Flannery O'Connor

When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.

— Valerie June