Virginia – Quotes

The British merchants represented

The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but as for the rest of this continent, they were constant losers in trade. Ezra Stiles

Because I’m Irish, I’ve

Because I’m Irish, I’ve always done an accent. Not doing an accent is off-putting because I sound like me. I love doing an accent. Doing the accent from West Virginia was great, and we had to get specific with it. Eve Hewson

Throughout much of history,

Throughout much of history, women writers have capitulated to male standards, and have paid too much heed to what Virginia Woolf calls the angel in the house. She is that little ghost who sits on one’s shoulder while one writes and whispers, Be nice, don’t say anything that will embarrass the family, don’t say anything … Read more

I think, to be

I think, to be honest, sort of emanated from the initial work of somebody else instead of SCLC. If you take Albany; I don’t know whether you recall how Albany got started. There were two little guys who went up there first. One was Cordell Hull who was then in his teens – not Cordell … Read more

Both my parents came

Both my parents came from North Carolina, in Warren County. My mother had a feeling that there was greater culture in North Carolina than obtained in Norfolk, Virginia, plus the fact she just didn’t like the lowland-lying climate there. Ella Baker

I was born in

I was born in Norfolk, Virginia. I began school there, the first year of public school. When I was 7, the family shifted back to North Carolina. I grew up in North Carolina; had my schooling through the college level in North Carolina. Ella Baker

Virginia Woolf wrote, \\\”Across

Virginia Woolf wrote, \”Across the broad continent of a woman’s life falls the shadow of a sword.\” On one side of that sword, she said, there lies convention and tradition and order, where all is correct. But on the other side of that sword, if you’re crazy enough to cross it and choose a life … Read more