West Virginia Quotes
40 quotes by 30 authors
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I think family is very important in West Virginia and has long been so because the mountains made travel difficult in the past, and family…
— David Selby
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I am happy to be a regional writer. My region is the American West, old Mexico, West Virginia, New York, Europe, Australia, the human heart,…
— Edward Abbey
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I do not think it is an exaggeration at all to say to my friend from West Virginia [Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former Ku…
— Christopher Dodd
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Wherever there is one job on the verge of being lost, I will fight to save it. Wherever there is one company looking to grow…
— Joe Manchin
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Violence against women is not random or anonymous. In West Virginia, 88 percent of sexual-assault victims already know their attacker. In my hometown, Alicia McCormick,…
— Shelley Moore Capito
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I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.
— Jessica Lynch
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I want to talk about jobs and health care and pension security and what we're going to do to stop the brain drain in Ohio…
— Ted Strickland
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I am a former Kleagle [recruiter] of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County. The Klan is needed today as never before and I am…
— Robert Byrd
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I'm from West Virginia. If you didn't know what was happening in NASCAR, you were on the outside. NASCAR is a big league sport, but…
— Randy Moss
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Voters replaced Democratic senators with Republicans in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia, and likely in Alaska, and appear on track…
— Byron York
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In Southern West Virginia we live in a war zone. Three and one-half million pounds of explosives are being used every day to blow up…
— Judy Bonds
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A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to…
— Sam Trammell
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Our workers comp debt is the Achilles heel of our state's economy, and I firmly believe that in order to create more good jobs in…
— Joe Manchin
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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
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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
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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
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Come to West Virginia and we'll show you how to live... how to treat people. We're open for business. West Virginia is truly on the…
— Joe Manchin
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I can assure you that my wife and I - every penny of income we've ever had, our taxes were paid in West Virginia.
— Joe Manchin
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In West Virginia, the most vulnerable people we have are people who get up every morning and go to work.
— Joe Manchin
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Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a…
— Joe Manchin
Who Wrote These West Virginia Quotes
30 authors contributed a total of 40 West Virginia Quotes, led by these top contributors: