Creativity Quote by Saul Bellow

Everyone thinks because you're from the south you know everyone down there, but it's not like that; I never knew nothing about no Mississippi.

— Buddy Guy

Folks have a common misconception that Mississippi is strictly a rural, outdoors state. While we are famous for our hunting, sport fishing and year-round…

— Gregg Harper

The Mississippi is not the only river. There's the Tallahatchie and the Big Black. People have been put in the river year after year,…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

Mississippi is an imperfect state, and I can predict with certainty that I will reflect that imperfection. Mississippians also strive for excellence, and I…

— Tate Reeves

That's why I want to change Mississippi. You don't run away from problems - you just face them.

— Fannie Lou Hamer

My son's an idiot. His teacher asked him to spell Mississippi. He asked which one? The river or the state?

— Rodney Dangerfield

I grew up in Kilmichael, Mississippi. It's a dot on the map 100 miles north of Jackson.

— Grace Hightower

In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes,…

— Ron Kind

As I grew older I began to realize that Mississippi really wasn't that bad. The basis for progress has always been there. And the…

— Mike Espy

I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.

— Little Milton

The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise...

— Mark Twain

The real problem in Mississippi is almost a complete moral breakdown. In order to move Mississippi from the bottom to the top, all we…

— James Meredith