Ground zero Quote by Phil Bredesen

Tennessee's a hillbilly dumping ground, and Georgia's a lousy state too.

— Flannery O'Connor

Let me tell about Tennessee. If your car breaks down in Tennessee, you have just moved to Tennessee.

— J. B. Smoove

“Welcome to Tennessee, patron state of shootin' stuff.”

— Bob Lee Swagger

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

— Booger McFarland

“PARNELL AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, TENNESSEE”

— Max Brooks

“Mississippi begins in the lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee, hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico.”

— William Faulkner

I love Tennessee, but they don't have the pine trees and the sandy soil and the black water that I grew up around.

— Josh Turner

We have many citizens in Tennessee who felt forgotten and left out because of the elite perspective of those on the coast.

— Bill Hagerty

I love Tennessee. I have a heart for Tennessee.

— Bill Hagerty

I think, being from east Tennessee, you're kinda born with a little lonesome in your soul, in your blood. You know you've got that…

— Ashley Monroe

North Carolina was never a battleground state until recently. Now it is, and it's because of migration from the Northeast.

— Rush Limbaugh

If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and…

— Eleanor Clift