Quotes About Virginia

I played football growing up so I used to lift quite a bit when I was in high school. And then I got to Virginia I was lucky, good strength and conditioning program and coach there.

Growing up in Virginia, I was surrounded by two different cultures.

Whenever I'd get in trouble, my mom would send me to Seattle, and when I would get in trouble there, I'd get sent back to Virginia.

We've always had talented kids coming out of Maryland, Baltimore, D.C., Virginia, New Jersey, eastern Ohio, Columbus, Akron.

Amazon continues to demonstrate confidence in Virginia by expanding and reinvesting in our Commonwealth.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been reminded how important Virginia's farms are to getting food into our stores and onto our tables.

I'm from rural Virginia, and as governor, I am committed to making sure Virginia's economy works for everyone - no matter who you are, no matter where you're from.

As a physician and a policymaker, I believe all Virginia women should be informed about and have access to all possible reproductive health-care options so they can make the best decisions for their families.

I grew up, went to the Virginia Military Institute and then medical school, married my wife Pam, served in the United States Army, and moved back to Hampton Roads.

I've heard from too many business leaders that they are having to look outside of Virginia to find workers with the right skills sets. That's unacceptable.

After high school, I attended the Virginia Military Institute and then Eastern Virginia Medical School - both great public schools that prepared me well for my career as a physician and didn't saddle me with a load of debt.

We have good history in Virginia... and we have history that's not good and I don't think we can shy away from any of it. We must tell it all, we must put it in perspective.

Virginia has no shortage of pioneering women who have made history by overcoming doubt and discrimination, by daring to step into roles that had never been held by a woman, and by breaking down barriers for those who would follow.

I learned about FightSMA from a family in Virginia where I live. I was immediately struck by the great fighting spirit of the children and families involved in this struggle.

From landmark investments in renewable energy to bold action to tackle the climate crisis, Virginia is at the forefront of innovative efforts to protect our environment, and addressing the problem of plastic pollution is an important part of this work.

In Virginia, we will continue to lift up all who identify as women as we strive for a more equitable future.

Growing up in colonial Virginia, if you know anything about that part of the country, there was a number of tensions there. Because of that, you heard the family members talk about Dr. King and many others who were not just speaking out, but sacrificing a ton so that our world, our country could be a better place.

Lillian Virginia Mountweazel is a fake biographical entry in The New Columbia Encyclopedia.

A Virginia subdivision now has restricted deed covenants against 'farming and other nuisances'. Can you imagine? In our culture, we are actually labeling farming as a nuisance. What have we done to ourselves, that the oldest and noblest vocation on earth, the educated agrarian proletariat envisioned by Thomas Jefferson, has been reduced to nothing more than a nuisance?

In Virginia... all geese are swans.

The Hocking River moves like a flowing arm away from the Ohio River runs through towns as though it's chasing its own freedom, the same way the Ohio runs north from Virginia until it's safely away from the South.

Carry me back to old Virginny,There's where the cotton and the corn and taters grow;There's where the birds warble sweet in the springtime,There's where this old darky's heart am longed to go.

In short, okra had come to be completely accepted by the Virginia gentry by the early nineteenth century.

My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.