Quotes of Louisiana - somelinesforyou

“ I don't know ANYTHING about Louisiana... but we're doing great here! ”

- Haley Barbour

“ He's got to be a real lowlife to do something like that at a time like this. It's the Louisiana way of doing business, I guess. But there is a quiet majority now that's sick and tired of this. People are fed up with these crooks. ”

- Frank White

“ I've talked with (Mississippi Gov. Haley) Barbour and (Louisiana Gov. Kathleen) Blanco and told them that we are sensitive to rebuilding issues. We are not trying to compete for people, we are here to meet people's needs and help those who feel they do not have anything to go back to. ”

- Mike Huckabee

“ Las Vegas is hot, Planet Hollywood is hot and I wanted to be part of the newest, hottest resort in Las Vegas. ”

- Paris Hilton

“ Someday Louisiana is going to get good government. And they ain't gunna like it. ”

- Earl K. Long

“ Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists. ”

- Dan Quayle

“ We were still getting some oysters from waters in Louisiana and Texas and those may stop as soon as Rita makes landfall. ”

- Bob Jones

“ I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. ”

- Lucille Ball

“ Las Vegas: It was not cafe society, it was Nescafe society. ”

- Noel Coward

“ Many a man who goes to Las Vegas to get away from it all soon finds that Las Vegas gets it all away from him. ”

- Evan Esar

“ I have four children, and they are my four greatest reasons to make sure we meet our goal of securing a strong future for Louisiana. ”

- David Vitter

“ In Louisiana we don't bet on football games, We bet on whether a politician is going to be indicted or not. ”

- Mark Duffy

“ When I'm out hustling up new industries, I can offer Louisiana's many selling points. We have unmatched natural resources, a unique culture and fantastic workers. ”

- Kathleen Blanco

“ Education is a cornerstone of civilization, the strongest reinforcement that we can build to bridge the two Louisianas. ”

- Kathleen Blanco

“ We are going to make sure that there is high-speed broadband available to everyone, and affordable to people historically kept out of it. It means they have not just access, but can also understand how to buy low-cost, affordable computers. ”

- Ben Hecht

“ There has to be a plan in place along with adequate resources to be able to evacuate people, or at least provide relief supplies before panic sets in. None of this appears to have been done in Louisiana. ”

- John Kyl

“ There has to be an inner peace process that treats gang members like traumatized war victims who lack counseling, jobs, and respect. A lot of that has got to be self-administered in affinity groups, counseling groups, in jail and out of jail, with resources and professional help. ”

- Tom Hayden

“ Many of them just don't understand just how bad the circumstances are (in Louisiana and Mississippi) and how long it is going to be,... A surprising number are saying This is home now, we are going to put roots here.'. ”

- Mike Huckabee

“ The President sent me down to spend some time, to make certain that we're doing everything that needs to be done and that we begin to focus on the longer term in terms of basic, fundamental recovery for Mississippi, for the Gulf Coast, and obviously we'll go on later today to Louisiana. ”

- Dick Cheney

“ Las Vegas has become, just as Bugsy Siegel dreamed, the American Monte Carlo — without any of the inevitable upper-class baggage of the Riviera casinos. At Monte Carlo there is still the plush mustiness of the nineteenth century noble lions.... There are still Wrong Forks, Deficient Accents, Poor Tailoring, Gauche Displays, Nouveau Richness, Cultural Aridity — concepts unknown in Las Vegas… ”

- Tom Wolfe
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