Quotes About Louisiana

There is no faith like the faith of a builder of homes in coastal Louisiana

Until the Civil War there was scarcely a man in public life in New Orleans or Louisiana who had not fought at least one duel; most of them had engaged in several.

Perception often lags behind reality, and I can say from experience that the vast majority of public officials in Louisiana are much better than our reputation holds us to be.

I grew up in Louisiana - a little suburb right outside of New Orleans - and I wouldn't have it any other way!

The Republicans, however, refused to let power slip from their hands so easily. The carpetbag governments in Louisiana and South Carolina announced that Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–93), the Republican candidate, had carried those states and was therefore elected President by a margin of one electoral vote. It was the most outrageous piece of election-rigging in American history (which is saying something) and for a moment it looked as if it might precipitate a renewal of civil war. The

On August 7, 1948, Hank made his first appearance on the Louisiana Hayride. He was the fifth act on the opening 8:00–8:30 p.m. segment.

Under my administration, Louisiana veterans can rest assured that veterans matter personally to me.

If you know anything about summer in Louisiana you know that the heat, moist and heavy, presses down on the pavement until it sends up shimmering mirages, and lovers, looking for a little noontime solace, stick to one another in high-ceilinged bedrooms.

Iberville, the Father of Louisiana, died of yellow fever in 1706 in Havana, leaving Bienville the acting governor of Louisiana.

Bienville granted this tract to Louis Juchereau de St. Denys, a friend from Canada and an outstanding figure in Louisiana history. He was one of the first settlers in Louisiana, arriving on his second visit with Iberville in 1699 at the age of twenty-three.

In 1723, the commissioners allowed Bienville to make New Orleans the capital of Louisiana.

Queen Anne's War ended disastrously for France, causing her to lose all of her colonies in America and nearly all in India. Her loss of Canada made the Louisiana colonists fear that there would soon be a change in domination. Indeed, on November 13, 1762, the king of Spain, Charles III, accepted by the secret Treaty of Fontainebleau the gift of Louisiana from his cousin, Louis XV, the king of France.

An Ursuline nun was the first pharmacist in Louisiana.

On March 2, 1699, Iberville arrived at the mouth of the river, where there was fresh water and a strong current. The following day, Shrove Tuesday, they began their travels up the river. Finding a bayou twelve miles upstream, they named it in honor of the holiday, Mardi Gras Bayou, and thus was Mardi Gras introduced to the Louisiana territory

Cajun culture is dying.

said we'll discuss it when I commit." She smoothed the area under the eye crevice. "I wonder who they think it is. . . ." He watched her for a moment without speaking. "Louisiana in October isn't too unpleasant. We could take

said we'll discuss it when I commit." She smoothed the area under the eye crevice. "I wonder who they think it is. . . ." He watched her for a moment without speaking. "Louisiana in October isn't too unpleasant. We could take a jaunt down to New Orleans. The department owes me some time, and Jane might like it." "You're not invited." She made

Americans are thinking, there are some good members of Congress but we can't figure out what they are good for. Others are thinking, how did these morons make it through the birth canal."

Either you're so dumb you lose your place during sex, or you want to cheat".

Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana describes Democrats as the "well intended arugula and tofu crowd."

I grew up in Carville, Louisiana.

My mom makes the best Cajun stuff. I'm a big gumbo guy. I've lost a lot of my Louisiana accent, so now when I say 'gumbo,' I feel like someone who's never said the word before.

Whatever story you're telling in Louisiana, the landscape is going to become a character in it.

I think the American people are looking for real leadership. That's what I've done in Louisiana, that's what I'll do in America.