Tennessean Quotes & Sayings

Things, I know, stiffen and shift in memory, become what they never were before. As when an army takes over a country. Or a summer yard goes scarlet with fall and its venous leaves. One summons the years of the past largely by witchcraft-a whore's arts, collage and brew, eye of newt, heart of horse. Still, the house of my childhood is etched in my memory like the shape of the mind itself: a house-shaped mind-why not? It was this particular mind out of which I ventured-for any wild danger or sentimental stance or lunge at something faraway. But it housed every seedling act. I floated above it, but close, like a figure in a Chagall. — Lorrie Moore

Who am I, and when did I gain a pound? — Anonymous

Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it. — Zach Wamp

if you're going to use the word 'dream' in a poem, you had better be langston hughes. — Jewelle L. Gomez

You can use principles of the free market to drive social change. — Leila Janah

Hold fast to God, do not give up and He will fulfill His Word concerning you, for He is faithful who has promised — Sunday Adelaja

I think I have learnt something of the value of stillness. I don't fret so much; I laugh at myself more often; I don't laugh at others. I live life at my own pace. Like a banyan tree. Is this wisdom, or is it just old age? — Ruskin Bond

I'm a Tennessean at heart, and a New Yorker in spirit. — Rachel Boston

As far as the political landscape in our state, I think that what we continue to see is that Tennessean voters are more independent and more conservative, and they are watching issues very closely; they are watching votes very closely. — Marsha Blackburn