Mississippi River Quotes

17 quotes by 11 authors

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
The major concern ...was to create a monument which would have lasting significance and would be a landmark of our time... Neither an obelisk nor… — Eero Saarinen
As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses,… — Ron Kind
The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise... — Mark Twain
Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair… — Ron Kind
In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Mississippi has shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. Therefore, in the Old Silurian Period… — Mark Twain
Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation is… — Ron Kind
The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as reposeful… — Mark Twain
The living do not see eternity, just as they don't see Everlost, but they sense both in ways that they don't even know. They don't… — Neal Shusterman
I live by the sea, but the body of water I have the most feeling about is the Mississippi River, where I used to row… — Susan Glaspell
Yet, in 1850 nearly all the railroads in the United States lay east of the Mississippi River, and all of them, even when they were… — John Moody
Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system. — Jerry Costello
In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes, there… — Ron Kind
One of the first things I did as a new Member of Congress was help form a bipartisan Mississippi River Caucus so we could work… — Ron Kind
Barge traffic on the Mississippi River represents the most efficient, most cost-effective, most environmentally sound means of transporting commodity goods from this region of the… — Leonard Boswell
The Mississippi River she's a goin' dry. — Hank Williams, Jr.

Who Wrote These Mississippi River Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 17 Mississippi River Quotes as follows: