Southern Quotes

Southern Quote of the day

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!

The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.

I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.

The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel.

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.

Had a powerful meditation just now - caused an earthquake in Southern California. Was meditating on Shiva mantra & earth began to shake. Sorry about that.

The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists.

I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.

I'm Southern Baptist, not a meteorologist.

I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.

I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican.

People see him as a hero. Not just in Zimbabwe or here in Zambia but across the whole of southern Africa. It's no good demonising Robert Mugabe.

I’m a Southern girl. I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I’m really into a man’s man.

The first two pictures I did, I played a young student in prep school. When I did Lifeguard, everyone was saying, You're so Southern California. It was a surprise to me

I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture which would excite them in the first dance of their freedom.

The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government can never be, as it never has been, a true republic.

I think that often times Hollywood panders to the cliches of small town life, specifically Southern small town life, and I think that this movie does the opposite

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it's still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863...

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

I'm a southern gentleman.

If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.

I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Savannah, and the people are so sweet and so nice.

I was always the Southern gentleman.

My mom, the fabulous Bertie Kinsey, is an amazing seamstress. She quilts and sews and is so crafty. We call her the Southern Martha Stewart!

As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.

Our aim is to gain control of the two great treasure houses on which the West depends: The energy treasure house of the Persian Gulf and the minerals treasure house of Central and Southern Africa.

I like to think I am well-mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I'll go with the grits. That's how Southern I am.

At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.

Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the US to Europe’s wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.

I hate these people, the Rams and their owner, Georgia Frontiere, for what they did, taking the Rams logo with them when they moved to St. Louis. That logo belonged to Southern California.

My voice falls into Southern drawl when I am tired, drunk, or in trouble. Too often, my accent is attacked by all three of these realities.

Anyone who survives a southern childhood has enough material to last a lifetime.

The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman.

I know why we lost the Civil War. We must have had the same officials.

I'm Southern. I like big hair and eyeliner. I want my wedding day to be me, so I’ll probably be rocking some big hair and some eyeliner.

Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.

People going from Southern Italy to the North say that they feel cold not only for the different climate, but for the less "warm" approach in relationships.

The truth is this: I am a Southern Baptist, and the great majority of Southern Baptists are lost.

Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing.

The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.

The northern people are riders and the southern people sailors; it is said quite true.

Negroes and Southern Europeans are mentally inferior to native born Americans.

Segregation in the South is honest, open and aboveboard. Of the two systems, or styles of segregation, the Northern and the Southern, there is no doubt whatever in my mind which is the better.

I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.

Being a black rapper is like being a Southern, socialite woman: You're always worried about appearances.

... Nashville is such a fantastic city, with this great creative music energy. Then there's that Southern hospitality, you can't beat that.