Mississippi Quotes

194 quotes by 148 authors

Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about… — Bear Bryant
Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies. — Jimmy Buffett
It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes… — Martin Van Buren
The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians to the homes… — Martin Van Buren
I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right. — Maya Angelou
The Mississippi River carries the mud of thirty states and two provinces 2,000 miles south to the delta and deposits 500 million tons of it… — Charles Kuralt
There are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think they'll take care of me. — James Meredith
I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi. — Alice Walker
The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one… — Mark Twain
When I say I love Eastland, it sounds preposterous a man who brutalizes people. But you love him or you wouldn't be here. You're going… — Bayard Rustin
The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The future inhabitants of [both] the Atlantic and Mississippi states will be our sons. We think we see their happiness in their union, and we… — Thomas Jefferson
If I was an exceptional human being in Detroit, then I saw no reason why I couldn't be an exceptional human being in Mississippi. In… — Victoria Gray Adams
Remember...this year has already seen more billion-dollar weather-related disasters than any year in US history. Last year was the warmest ever recorded on planet Earth.… — Bill McKibben
If ever we are constrained to lift the hatchet against any tribe, we will never lay it down till that tribe is exterminated, or driven… — Thomas Jefferson
I stand here struggling for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country. They are not-in Mississippi. They are not-in Montgomery.… — Paul Robeson
Jesmyn Ward is an alchemist. She transmutes pain and loss into gold. Men We Reaped illustrates hardships but thankfully, vitally, it's just as clear about… — Victor LaValle
In talking about the [Emmett Till murder trial], you have to repeat the atmosphere. This is Mississippi in 1955, with a long history of intimidation… — Unknown Author
The Mississippi and its paddle boats, and the rivers of Bengal and their gleaming steamers evoked a similar atmosphere of romance, of long, song-filled voyages,… — Qurratulain Hyder
I would get songs sung to me, like 'Old Man River, 'or kids would call me Mississippi and things like that. At the time, I… — River Phoenix

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