Being from North Carolina, it's kind of slow-paced. There's not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there's always something going on. I just love all the people, going out to dinner and enjoying anything I want. Chris Paul
I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years. Poppy Z. Brite
I needed New Orleans so badly back in 2006, just somebody to believe in me, somebody to care about me. Drew Brees
In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful. Anthony Bourdain
My favorite day was Monday, September the 25th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana, site of the Superdome. I watched our people who had suffered so grievously through Hurricane Katrina fill a stadium hours before a game and stay hours Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/michael_irvin.html#L32gkg6HwzhweWSA.99Michael Lrvin
New Orleans invented the brown paper bag party - usually at a gathering in a home - where anyone darker than the bag attached to the door was denied entrance. The brown bag criterion survives as a metaphor for how the black cultural elite quite literally establishes caste along color lines within black life. Michael Eric Dyson
The Madden NFL franchise holds a special place in popular culture and the cover is a coveted position for players all over the league. I'm honored to be the first cover athlete chosen by Madden NFL fans and it's a great way to cap off an amazing year for the Saints and the city of New Orleans.Drew Brees
You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.Drew Brees