State Of Georgia Quotes

#1. The Legislature, which was elected under the Constitution framed and supported by colored men, declared that a man having more than an eighth of African blood in his veins was ineligible to office or a seat in the Legislature of the State of Georgia.

Hiram Rhodes Revels

#2. I ask all Americans with a conscience to shun anything and everything to do with the murderous state of Georgia.

Michael Moore

#3. A quiet worker but a very productive one and a great one for the state of Georgia.

Roy Barnes

#4. For the entire state of Georgia, having the premiere of Gone With the Wind on home ground was like winning the Battle of Atlanta 75 years late.

Anne Edwards

#5. I stand today on this floor to appeal for protection from the strong arm of the government for her loyal children, irrespective of color and race, who are citizens of the southern states, and particularly of the State of Georgia.

Hiram Rhodes Revels

#6. Mercer looked around. There was no way anyone could hear. But the walls could, and the earth, and the ghosts of horses, and the state of Georgia.

Garth Risk Hallberg

#7. Macon has such a rich musical history - and the state of Georgia, as well.

Jason Aldean

#8. They can kill the Kennedys. Why can't they make a cup of coffee that tastes good?

John Swartzwelder

#9. You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.

Daley Thompson

#10. From 1882 to 1930, Florida recorded more lynchings of black people (266) than any other state, and from 1900 to 1930, a per capita lynching rate twice that of Mississippi, Georgia, or Louisiana.

Gilbert King

#11. To recognize negativism as a force of creation is to give up the creative standpoint altogether.

Paul Twitchell

#12. In peace prepare for war, in war prepare for peace. The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence under no circumstances can it be neglected.

Sun Tzu

#13. By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects our whole state.

Roy Barnes

#14. When you combine the men and women deployed from our military installations with activated reservists and members of the National Guard, Georgia is contributing more personnel to the theatre than any other State in our Union.

Sonny Perdue

#15. I'll definitely say that, before film school, I didn't have much of a film-history background. I didn't know much about classic cinema.

Cary Fukunaga

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

Flannery O'Connor

#17. My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching.

Ray Charles

#18. Georgia State Motto
Wisdom, justice, and moderation.
If the heat don't kill you the stupidity will.

Beryl Dov

#19. Nathan Deal brings the experience, maturity and track record to ensure that Georgia continues to be a great place to live, work and raise a family. That's why he has my support for a second term as governor of this great state.

Karen Handel

#20. You can't stop the White Mamba! You can only hope to contain him!

Stacey King

#21. I don't care about proving things to people. I'm proving things to myself.

Jon Fitch

#22. Georgia became the latest state to join that list when Gov. Nathan Deal signed an executive order Monday. It described the new policy as a matter of fairness and a way to strengthen the state's economy by expanding the pool of workers.

Anonymous

#23. Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist ...

Jesse Ventura

#24. Both busy streets and country roads are empty without good friends...

Xue Tao

#25. Many and many a person in Georgia asked me why we did not go to South Carolina; and, when I answered that we were en route for that State, the invariable reply was, - Well, if you will make those people feel the utmost severities of war, we will pardon you for your desolation of Georgia.

William Tecumseh Sherman

#26. For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all of the people on this earth are truly one. One in their pride at what you have done, one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth.

Richard M. Nixon

#27. I lived in Atlanta for a couple of years while getting my masters at Georgia State. I thought I hated it at the time, but I've been back a couple of times since, and there's no place I've lived to which returning is so much like visiting a place I only remember from my dreams.

David Liss

#28. If you don't like vampire games, don't play

Vivian Vande Velde

#29. Maybe the moon is beautiful only because it is far.

Mahmoud Darwish

#30. Ordinary people knock on doors,
warriors break them down,
but sages enter through the window.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#31. I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years.

Julian Bond

#32. Sprinting for a full day in Atlanta in midsummer proved very challenging. That humidity is crazy. Georgia is a beautiful state, but the weather is intense. I was warned, but for some reason I thought it would be like L.A. in the summer. The reality? No.

Theo James