Virginia Quotes

240 Virginia quotes by 180 unique authors

I used to work at NASA in Virginia. It was nothing glamorous; I was just tasked with making code compile for obscure projects, and I… — Randall Munroe
I mean my mother migrated from Georgia -Rome, Georgia, to Washington, D.C., where she then met my father, who was a Tuskegee Airman who was… — Isabel Wilkerson
I spent my first two years at a small all-male college in Virginia called Hampden-Sydney. That was like going to college 120 years ago. The… — Stephen Colbert
I have family dotted everywhere - Dad's in California; I've got aunts in Scotland and Virginia; family in Kansas City; family in Manchester and London. — Hayley Atwell
As an actor, to go and see those shows - great plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and Clifford Odets's 'Golden Boy' - it's… — Keegan Allen
My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in… — Robert Ballard
The South Downs of England reminded me a bit of my Old Virginia homeland. — Billy Campbell
I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I used to… — Billy Campbell
My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But the director figured,… — Mamie Gummer
It may be too late for West Virginia to save itself from the ravages of Big Coal. But it's not too late for America. — Jeff Goodell
I mean, I didn't ever watch 'Gilligan's Island' and think, 'Those people are actors.' I lived in West Virginia. Hollywood just felt like this total… — Jennifer Garner
I was born in Boston, but then I went down to Virginia. We spent a little time in Maryland, and then were in Virginia by… — Connie Britton
Like my hero Virginia Woolf, I do lack confidence. I always find that the novel I'm finishing, even if it's turned out fairly well, is… — Michael Cunningham
Virginia Woolf came along in the early part of the century and essentially said through her writing, yes, big books can be written about the… — Michael Cunningham
Virginia Woolf's great novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway,' is the first great book I ever read. I read it almost by accident when I was in high… — Michael Cunningham
When you think about Broadway, you think broad and big, but the fact is there are so many plays that are very intimate, but fill… — Steve Kazee
I'm happy that I have my family, and I'm happy that I had Virginia, where I grew up, to retreat to any time I felt… — Dave Grohl
A professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution [the University of Virginia] — Thomas Jefferson
The goals for Virginia lacrosse don't change a lot from year to year. We look at the lineup, start every year on Sept. 1 with… — Dom Starsia
I was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, for a while, about which the less said the better, and then I was in the Mediterranean, about which… — Harry Mathews
The minute I forget to balance reality with the fantasy, I'm going back to Virginia. — Schuyler Fisk
Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not determine the quality of a child s education or success in the future… — Bob Wise
He who esteems the Virginia reel A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal, And regards the quadrille as a far greater knavery Than… — James Russell Lowell
I was the legal counsel in the effort to amend the Virginia Constitution to give Virginians the right to hunt and fish constitutionally, and we… — Tim Kaine
I fell in love with Virginia Woolf in college. I especially admire how well she writes about daily life, how she captures so much meaning… — Karen Thompson Walker

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