Top 14 Mississippi River Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Mississippi River Quotes from famous people such as Jonathan Van Ness, Louis L’Amour, John Sandford, Susan Glaspell, Daniel Woodrell, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

Coming from a town of 30,000 people on the Mississippi

Coming from a town of 30,000 people on the Mississippi River, having ‘Queer Eye’ in 2003 through 2007 when I was in high school was really important.
Jonathan Van Ness
If you write a book about a bygone period that lies east of the Mississippi River, then it’s a historical novel. If it’s west of the Mississippi, it’s a western, a different category. There’s no sense to it.
Louis L’Amour
I once paddled a canoe the length of the Mississippi River all the way from Itasca to New Orleans.
John Sandford
I live by the sea, but the body of water I have the most feeling about is the Mississippi River, where I used to row and skate, ride on the ferry in childhood, watch the logs or just dream.
Susan Glaspell
I’ve always been fascinated by the Mississippi River and the way of life in these small river towns.
Daniel Woodrell
I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.
Maya Angelou
When I visited the Water Institute’s Baton Rouge offices overlooking the Mississippi River, I couldn’t find a drop of the charged politics that drives so many environmental conversations in Washington.
Nina Easton
In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes, there is commercial navigation on it, and there will be tomorrow.
Ron Kind
Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system.
Jerry Costello
Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation is based on a healthy river system.
Ron Kind
I like to make movies on the west side of the Mississippi River, and a lot of times, the movies I direct have horses and big hats in them and get called westerns, but that’s okay. I used to resent that, but I don’t anymore.
Tommy Lee Jones
I was attracted to black music for the same reason that I loved those old Irish ballads. Both were social statements of sorts, and both were indigenous to their respective cultures: Ireland, where my father had grown up, and towns like St. Louis along the Mississippi River, where I was growing up.
Michael McDonald
One of the first things I did as a new Member of Congress was help form a bipartisan Mississippi River Caucus so we could work together from both the North and the South in order to draw attention to the resources that are needed along the Mississippi River.
Ron Kind
Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation.
Ron Kind