Quotes tagged ‘Virginia’

“[as they are following the cop who’s escorting them to work] Dorothy Vaughan: Mary, Mary, slow down. You’re too close! Mary Jackson: Be quiet, he said to follow him. Dorothy Vaughan: He didn’t mean up his behind! Katherine Johnson: Dear Lord, I don’t even know where to begin! Mary Jackson: Oh, I’ll…”

— Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Mary Jackson, Janelle Monae, imdb.com

“In Virginia, high school football is a way of life, it's bigger than Christmas day. My daddy coached in Alexandria, he worked so hard my momma left him, but I stayed with coach, he needed me on that field.”

— Gregory Allen Howard, Sheryl Yoast, Hayden Panettiere, imdb.com

“I’ll come back to George Washington just long enough to say goodbye to him. He was a great man and a good man, and when his work was over as our great first president, he went back home to Virginia for his long-earned rest. Just three years later, on December 14, 1799, at the age of sixty-seven, he…”

— Harry S Truman, amazon.com

“After Florida, Virginia is the fastest growth market on the East Coast.”

— Jim Brown, successories.com

“Which candidate would do the most to help our local economy? That’s easy. It’s Pat McCrory, the Republican governor of North Carolina, who’s seeking his second four-year term in the November election. We can point to specific and multiple ways he has helped the economy — our economy. North Carolina…”

— The Roanoke Times, roanoke.com