Minnesota Quotes

I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute.

- Loni Anderson

I have two cats at home in Minnesota with my family. Beau and Skippy.

- Rachael Leigh Cook

I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods.

- Terry Gilliam

Look at the teams we played when I was not there - Indy, Minnesota, Green Bay, Philadelphia - that`s four playoff teams right there. I don`t think it`s a significant statistic. We just have to play better when I`m not in there or play easier teams.

- Brian Urlacher

I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They`re absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.

- Gavin Rossdale

I think some teams shied away because of it, ... But Minnesota stuck with me and I was happy about that.

- Eddie Griffin

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That`s why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

- Jessica Lange

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That`s power.

- Jesse Ventura

Whatever the public perception may have been of Randy, I have nothing bad to say about the guy. He`s come here, worked hard and shown that he`ll do whatever it takes to learn this offense and to be the kind of receiver here like he was in Minnesota.

- Kerry Collins

I have a friend who lives in Minnesota, ... Through the videophone, I can see my friend as well as her baby. . . . Since I can verbalize, I call (the baby,) who is hearing, and she will look up and walk toward the (videophone) -- a wonderful experience, really.

- Marie Wilson

I have a friend who lives in Minnesota, ... Through the videophone, I can see my friend as well as her baby.... Since I can verbalize, I call (the baby,) who is hearing, and she will look up and walk toward the (videophone) - a wonderful experience, really.

- Marie Wilson

Who is ready to be a truly independent representative of Minnesota? Who is free of entangling alliances and big money that allows them to represent? What do we need -- that sort of person who can truly independently represent Minnesota, or something else?

- Walter Mondale

We had that sort of common-roots background, ... He`s from Blue Earth, Minnesota, and I`m from Elmore, Minnesota, two little towns on the Iowa border. ... I had seen him operate for many years as a journalist. I knew he was good and I knew reporters respected him, which is a big thing in that job.

- Walter Mondale

Judy Garland`s father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage.

- Judy Davis

I met the team in Minnesota. I pinch-hit against Eddie Guardado and struck out. We came back home and I got my first hit against Kenny Rogers. I got 50 at-bats (batting .260). I was able to have my buddies from college come up and watch me that first month, so it was a pretty special time.

- Mark Loretta

What happened here (in Minnesota), it`s fine. They moved on, they made decisions that benefited the organization. I respect what they did and what they are going to do. I am just going to win down in Tampa now.

- Chris Hovan

Made it through high school, went to the University of Minnesota.

- Dave Winfield

It`s been 18 to 20 degrees above average for much of Minnesota. You can expect it to be in the 40s most of next week, too.

- Paul Douglas

A recent survey conducted by the University of Minnesota concluded that meth was involved in as many as 81 percent of child protection cases in the state.

- Mark Kennedy

I appreciate the wonderful education I received in Minnesota and believe the Minnesota education system is the best in the nation.

- Mark Kennedy

We`ve designed our units so you can drive right inside to unload. A car, truck, even a semi will fit inside -- and that`s a real convenience when you`re working in our often harsh Minnesota winters.

- Tim Jordan

I have a passion for public service and I can see the enormous potential Minnesota has,

- Steve Kelley

Jessica has played in one of the toughest girl`s basketball conferences and areas in the state of Minnesota. She really understands what it takes to compete at a high level.

- Jill DeVries

Minnesota will have to wait their turn, ... We`ll relinquish our jurisdiction over him upon completion of our criminal case.

- Bill Douglas

We don`t think scientists have the right to contaminate the state grain -- and it could happen through cross-pollination, if they develop a genetically enhanced wild rice and plant it in Minnesota.

- Winona LaDuke

The University of Minnesota has basically said, `Well, we aren`t intending to do it. But we want the right to.` And that`s the problem, is that open door. I understand academic freedom. I`m a big supporter of academic freedom. But I feel like there should be some academic responsibility.

- Winona LaDuke

It`s an unbelievable story, ... He became a hockey player by default. He didn`t live at the rink, wasn`t a rink rat. Goes to (the University of Minnesota) Duluth - not a major hockey school. Everything that happened with Brett is not the standard; it`s unique. No way is it the way you picture it with the son of a hockey player.

- Barry Melrose

It`s an unbelievable story. He became a hockey player by default. He didn`t live at the rink, wasn`t a rink rat. Goes to (the University of Minnesota) Duluth - not a major hockey school. Everything that happened with Brett is not the standard; it`s unique. No way is it the way you picture it with the son of a hockey player.

- Barry Melrose

Barley can be relied on in the proved areas of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas, and Montana, while oats have a much wider range.

- Alan Rupe

Two years later, I went to the University of Minnesota from which I was on leave for several years during the war as a member of Statistical Research Group at Columbia University.

- Alex Muxo

After the war, I returned to Minnesota, from which I soon moved to Brown University, and a year later, to Columbia University where I remained from 1947 until 1958.

- Alex Muxo

Mr. Speaker, Minnesota is truly the State of Hockey, and the members of the University of Minnesota women`s hockey team are true national champions.

- Alice Gilborn

The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

- Alice Gilborn

In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety.

- Alice Gilborn

American families, families back home in Minnesota, know only too well that out-of-pocket expenses for health care have been rising at an astonishing rate.

- Alice Gilborn

I still can`t figure out how Minnesota wasn`t in the Super Bowl last year. I`ve got to say they`re the odds-on favorite to win it all this year.

- Allison Merzon

When I was three years old I was taken with my family to a little town in Western Minnesota, where I lived a more or less vapid and ordinary life until I was ten.

- Amanda Gunter

If the tobacco officials had really changed, ... they would not have waited until Minnesota secured a court order to mandate the documents` release, and if tobacco officials had really changed, they would not perpetuate their cover-up by continuing to block our efforts to uncover 39,000 documents containing their deepest, darkest secrets.

- Angelos Anastasiou

The funded projects serve new Minnesotans from all over the world. To help Minnesota truly be the healthiest state in the nation, we need to understand and address the health needs of our changing communities.

- Anthony Houston

I just can`t imagine what it would be like here without baseball. I don`t even want to think about it. ... I just hope that the last few years - you know, three out of four they were in the playoff hunt - that everybody forgets about that contraction stuff and that some way, somehow, there will be baseball in Minnesota.

- Ariya Tafolla

It doesn`t matter where you`re at ? you have to stop throwing this little stuff causing us opportunities to lose. Turning the ball over, getting stupid penalties, including myself. Everything. The Minnesota Vikings, they were on their heels and they responded.

- Art Cooper

At this point, I don`t see relocation as a viable alternative, because the league has said, `You`ve got to make it work (in Minnesota).` The league knows I`d be very happy to be in L.A., but I`d also like to be here with a new stadium.

- Axel Munthe

There`s no proof that anything these companies did caused Minnesota any damage,

- Bailey Stanley

Today, Minnesota takes another step toward reducing our dependence on foreign oil while improving our environment and our rural economy,

- Barbara Smith

The Minnesota Air National Guard is ready and eager to assist with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts,

- Barbara Smith

It`s a lot closer than Minnesota was.

- Barmak Nassirian

Oh, yeah. I caught more balls in practice than I caught in Baltimore in a season. It`s a great feeling to be here in Minnesota. It`s a great place; great fans; great offense; great coaching staff. All around, it`s a great place.

- Barney Hester