Top 64 Quotes About Charleston
#2. Feeding her raw oysters at Charleston, or sharing the gingerbread with lemon chiffon sauce at Bicycle.
Laura Lippman
#3. Thought you didn't believe in God," I said to Savannah as we moved slowly past the Coast Guard base at the end of the Charleston peninsula. "I don't," Savannah answered, "but I believe in Luke and he believes in God and I always believe in God when I truly need him." "Situational faith," I said.
Pat Conroy
#5. Walking the streets of Charleston in the late afternoons of August was like walking through gauze or inhaling damaged silk.
Pat Conroy
#6. My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston.
Morgan Freeman
#7. And if there was any doubt, the events of the previous year - in Ferguson, Baltimore, and North Charleston - clearly showed that race still mattered in America, but black lives seemed not to.
Herb Frazier
#8. Well, how'd we get to talking about our ancestors? People think we don't talk about anything else in Charleston.
Josephine Pinckney
#9. Better to be tormented with memories of Ashley than Charleston accents.
Margaret Mitchell
#10. I doubted there was any part of Charleston she could show Carter that he didn't know about. Carter had been around to watch cities like Babylon and Troy rise and fall. For all I knew, he'd personally helped take down Sodom and Gomorrah.
Richelle Mead
#11. Aunt-Sister said Charleston had a case of the grandeurs. Up till I was eight or so, I thought the grandeurs was a shitting sickness.
Sue Monk Kidd
#12. One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing.
Sarah Sutton
#13. I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.
Abraham Whipple
#14. Charleston had a case of the grandeurs. Up till I was eight or so, I thought the grandeurs was a shitting sickness. Missus was a short,
Sue Monk Kidd
#15. Let's shake hands and be friends, but please, I beg you, stop farting like that, becuase I'm beinning to hallucinate and in my dreams I see Comrade Josepg Stalin doing the charleston.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
#16. I was ten," I said. "Give me a little credit."
"To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respect - but not credit. Or life insurance." Abraham sounded amused. "You are an interesting man, David Charleston, but you sound like you were an even more interesting child.
Brandon Sanderson
#17. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington
it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston ... This is your victory.
Barack Obama
#18. Than appreciating the calm voice of Charleston during an evening walk along the Battery with Fort Sumter off in the distance, the great white houses at one's back, palmettos rattling their leaves in a sea breeze.
Charles Frazier
#19. It's funny, but we were living on this small island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina when I was 9.
Josh Lucas
#20. Charleston has something for everyone, rain or shine. Its architecture is unparalleled. Carriage rides are great for seeing the city and hearing the history behind certain houses and the area.
Thomas Gibson
#21. Charleston is one of the best built, handsomest, and most agreeable cities that I have ever seen.
Marquis De Lafayette
#22. Charleston was where America split apart in 1861. Maybe it's where America comes together in 2015.
Russell D. Moore
#23. My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.
Lionel Blue
#24. There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds.
Jasper Johns
#25. Charleston, South Carolina, is about a 90-minute drive northwest of Beaufort and Parris Island. It is an old city reborn with new charm and an influx of snowbirds from the North attracted by its ease, comfort and accessibility.
Mike Barnicle
#26. Missus said I was the worst waiting maid in Charleston. She said, "You are abysmal, Hetty, abysmal." I asked Miss Sarah what abysmal means and she said, "Not quite up to standard." Uh huh. I could tell from missus' face, there's bad, there's worse, and after that comes abysmal.
Sue Monk Kidd
#27. During the settling of the American colonies, it was said that the Spaniards would first build a church, the Dutch would first build a fort and the English a tavern. Welcome to Charleston, an English colony founded in 1670.
Mark R. Jones
#28. He wished he were home in Charleston, listening to the Dave Brubeck Quartet on the stereo and reading Bruce Catton.
Dan Simmons
#29. A South Carolina native, Miles was a lawyer, a mayor of Charleston, and a congressman. He was one of his state's "fire-eaters," a term applied to men who openly advocated secession rather than finding accomodation with the Union in the summer and fall of 1860.
Clint Johnson
#30. To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life.
Jennifer Garner
#31. Charleston is an amazing place. I probably didn't appreciate it enough when I was growing up.
Thomas Gibson
#32. The 1920s brought not only the Charleston but the flat chest.
Robert Gottlieb
#33. Charleston is not the center of the universe, but it should be. That is the persistent perception of many locals.
Mark R. Jones
#34. In Charleston, more than elsewhere, you get the feeling that the twentieth century is a vast, unconscionable mistake.
Pat Conroy
#35. Since the announcement that Boeing was going to open a plant in Charleston, South Carolina, Boeing has actually created 2,000 new jobs in Washington state. So it's hard to say you are retaliating against the union when you create 2,000 members to their role.
Alan Wilson
#36. I wanted to say, Who am I to do this, a woman? But that voice was not mine. It was Father's voice. It was Thomas'. It belonged to Israel, to Catherine, and to Mother. It belonged to the church in Charleston and the Quakers in Philadelphia. It would not, if I could help it, belong to me.
Sue Monk Kidd
#37. The problem is that one cannot easily build Charleston anymore, because it is against the law. Similarly, Boston's Beacon Hill, Nantucket, Santa Fe, Carmel - all of these well-known places, many of which have become tourist destinations, exist in direct violation of current zoning ordinances.
Andres Duany
#38. Love isn't a mistake. But I know true love is rare enough that when you find it you fight for it. Marry me, Kate. Come back to Charleston with me and be with me for the rest of our lives.
Beatriz Williams
#39. No demigod can heal your heart.
Aphrodite to Reyna, at Charleston
Rick Riordan
#40. In 1987, I had no idea who Steven Isserlis was. We met at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. It was originally just an Italian summer festival, but for the past 14 years, there's also been a spring festival in America.
Joshua Bell
#41. 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 be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
Sam Trammell
#42. Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than when he was called up - Oscar Charleston and Josh Gibson. You see what kind of talent we had, and guys in the majors knew it too.
Monte Irvin
#43. In Charleston, temperance is a four letter word.
Mark R. Jones
#44. Charleston is an extraordinary place. There is a deep connection between the residents and nearly three hundred and fifty years of history, and those ties between daily life and the distant past are strengthened by the occasional glimpse beyond the veil.
James Caskey
#45. After watching the video, the senseless shooting and taking of Walter Scott's life was absolutely unnecessary and avoidable. My heart aches for the family and our North Charleston community. I will be watching this case closely.
Tim Scott
#46. I was not sorry for loving Charleston or for leaving it. Geography had made me who I was.
Sue Monk Kidd
#47. I don't think you ever think of a big city as sweet or community, but there are cities that I think of as charming and particular and interesting cities. I live in one now, Charleston.
Anne Rivers Siddons
#48. On average it took 22 days for news to travel between New York City and Charleston; and 26 days to reach Savannah.
Tom Wheeler
#49. Here lies the bodies of three brothers... enwrapt in silence and the Arms of Death, Exposed to Worms lies three once charming Boys... 1784
Diana Hollingsworth Gessler
#50. You can't forgive your captor and simultaneously be upset at your place in society.
Darnell Lamont Walker
#52. Your Life Determines Your Journey & Your Journey Determines Your Life
Charleston Parker
#53. Your Life Determines Your Journey & Your Journey Determines Your Life
Charleston Parker
#55. IGNORANCE is without gaining Knowledge & Knowledge is gained without IGNORANCE
Charleston Parker
#56. It is through your experience you find out who you really are and who you are is from finding your own experience who really defines you.
Charleston Parker
#57. An Ego Mind is a destructive mind and a rational mind is a peaceful mind.
Charleston Parker
#58. When we are unsure about what we believe, we truly stand naked before God, stripped of those dogmas that we wear like denominational clothing to give us a sense of security.
Steven Charleston
#60. Beautiful cities have a treacherous nature.
Pat Conroy
#61. In life, you have 3 choices. Give up, give in, or give it your all.
Charleston Parker
#62. We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you were a year ago? Well, who is? I'm sure not. We change, like swirling clouds around a rising sun.
Brandon Sanderson
#63. Once humanity discovers what's behind the mirror of all the ruling class of governments and religions there will be a new beginning of justice called Enlightenment.
Charleston Parker
#64. The old joke is that psychiatrists are doctors who can't stand the sight of blood. Maybe they can't stand it, but if they work where I work, they damn well better get used to it.
At least surgeons and prizefighters get to wear gloves
Mike Bartos
