Quotes of Orlean - somelinesforyou

“ It was in the Theatre St. Philippe in the city we now call New Orleans, in the month of September, and in the year 1803. ”

- George Washington Cable

“ If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid. ”

- Pete Fountain

“ In New Orleans, gluttony is a way of life. ”

- Morton J. Horwitz

“ About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden. ”

- Frank Yerby
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