Georgia Quotes

• I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Kings, Son

  Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

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• I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness And I believe greatness is within our grasp.

  Sonny Perdue

  Believe, Greatness, Should

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• 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

  Song, Men, People

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• Be cocky. Walk into the Georgia Dome like you own it.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Cocky, Domes, Like You

  Mary Lou Retton, David Bender (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, WaterBrook Press

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• Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Country, Ancient, European Countries

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• So today I say, the outlook in Georgia has never been brighter.

  Roy Barnes

  Today, Outlook, Brighter

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• I intend to make Georgia howl.

  William Tecumseh Sherman

  Howl

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• I don't need to be married to Georgia O'Keeffe or Lillian Hellman, but I like being with a woman I can look up to.

  Alec Baldwin

  Georgia O Keeffe, Needs, Looks

  "Smart Alec". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. April 25, 2006.

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• Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Russia, Enemy, Doe

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• Smokey and The Bandit was just a lark. All we did was run up and down those Georgia roads wrecking cars and having the time of our life.

  Jerry Reed

  Running, Car, Larks

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• It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated.

  Knute Nelson

  War, Atlanta, Virginia

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• First and foremost - our vision for a united and peaceful Georgia is based on respect for the desire - and respect for the right - to South Ossetian autonomy.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Love, Peace, Vision

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• I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government

  Roy Barnes

  Government, Honest, Committed

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• For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Winter, Years, Electric Power

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• I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.

  Jeri Ryan

  Kentucky, Texas, Kansas

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• We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Dream, Ancestor

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• I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years

  Julian Bond

  Years, Great Men, States

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• So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear.

  Jesse Jackson

  Technology, Skin Color, Play

  "Rev. Jesse Jackson on Fallout From Firing of Shirley Sherrod". Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. July 25, 2010.

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• Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union.

  Eduard Shevardnadze

  Europe, Community, World

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• A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

  Allen West

  Education, Army, Men

  "Fiery Speech Thrusts Congressional Candidate Into National Spotlight". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. December 15, 2009.

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• Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.

  Herschel Walker

  Sports, Dream, Atlanta

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• It is time we Georgians did not depend only on others, it is time we asked what Georgia will do for the world.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  World, Georgians, Depends

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• I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Flower, Thinking, Ideas

  Georgia O'Keeffe (1977). “Georgia O'Keeffe”, Viking Pr

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• I don't know. I always sort of liked playing [Georgia] that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended.

  Steve Spurrier

  Player, Two, Keys

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• I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Women, Flower, Feels

  Roxana Robinson, Georgia O'Keeffe (1989). “Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life”, p.292, UPNE

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