--- title: "29 Bible Belt Quotes by 28 authors" description: "Browse 29 Bible Belt quotes by 28 authors. Discover the best Bible Belt sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/anita-bryant-4740_belt_oklahoma-s-the-bible-belt-1040660_1040660.png" --- > [Oklahoma's the Bible Belt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-bryant/oklahoma-s-the-bible-belt/) [Anita Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/anita-bryant-4740_belt_oklahoma-s-the-bible-belt-1040660_1040660.png) > [I grew up Southern Baptist. In the Bible Belt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-dean-stanton/i-grew-up-southern-baptist-in-the-bible-belt/) [Harry Dean Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-dean-stanton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/harry-dean-stanton-4043_baptist_i-grew-up-southern-baptist-in-the-bible_1722975.jpg) > [“INCEST, n. In many parts of the Bible Belt, the most popular form of dating”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bufe/incest-n-in-many-parts-of-the-bible-belt-the-most-popular-form-of/) [Charles Bufe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bufe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/charles-bufe-40675_inspirational_incest-n-in-many-parts-of-the-bible-belt_1378970.jpg) > [The bible belt is oral territory and therefore despised by the literati.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-mcluhan/the-bible-belt-is-oral-territory-and-therefore-despised-by-the/) [Marshall McLuhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-mcluhan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/marshall-mcluhan-641_belts_the-bible-belt-is-oral-territory-and-the_1527311.png) > [I'm not religious. But I grew up religious in the Bible Belt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ervin-beam/i-m-not-religious-but-i-grew-up-religious-in-the-bible-belt/) [Samuel Ervin Beam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ervin-beam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/samuel-ervin-beam-6217_belt_i-m-not-religious-but-i-grew-up-religiou_650705.jpg) > [Nonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/nonprofit-status-is-what-created-the-bible-belt-the-tax-code-brought/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/gore-vidal-466_belts_nonprofit-status-is-what-created-the-bib_3183936.jpg) > [In many parts of the Bible Belt, the divorce rate was discovered to be roughly 50 percent above the national average.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-j-sider/in-many-parts-of-the-bible-belt-the-divorce-rate-was-discovered-to-be/) [Ronald J. Sider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-j-sider/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/ronald-j-sider-37410_average_in-many-parts-of-the-bible-belt-the-divo_686820.png) > [I grew up in the Bible Belt and I made my own clothes and dyed my hair purple. Nobody ever knew what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kesha/i-grew-up-in-the-bible-belt-and-i-made-my-own-clothes-and-dyed-my/) [Kesha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kesha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/kesha-2015_belts_i-grew-up-in-the-bible-belt-and-i-made-m_254647.jpg) > [As for basic jokes about sex and even my religious stuff, I don't find any problems with that, even if I'm gigging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jefferies/as-for-basic-jokes-about-sex-and-even-my-religious-stuff-i-don-t-find/) [Jim Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jefferies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/jim-jefferies-8092_belts_as-for-basic-jokes-about-sex-and-even-my_704849.jpg) > [I was raised with the Bible Belt mentality, and by coming to California, I came out of this dark place and unlearned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-ruscha/i-was-raised-with-the-bible-belt-mentality-and-by-coming-to/) [Edward Ruscha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-ruscha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/edward-ruscha-14231_belts_i-was-raised-with-the-bible-belt-mentali_1367651.jpg) > [My parents aren't crazy conservative. They're actually pretty open-minded. But my grandparents are, and where I'm from, East Texas, is the Bible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kacey-musgraves/my-parents-aren-t-crazy-conservative-they-re-actually-pretty-open/) [Kacey Musgraves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kacey-musgraves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/kacey-musgraves-8839_actually_my-parents-aren-t-crazy-conservative-the_948740.jpg) > [It's not without its flaws - it's still the South and the Bible Belt - but Atlanta is one of those cities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-tyree-henry/it-s-not-without-its-flaws-it-s-still-the-south-and-the-bible-belt/) [Brian Tyree Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-tyree-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/brian-tyree-henry-8020_atlanta_it-s-not-without-its-flaws-it-s-still-th_765772.jpg) > [I'd lived in West Virginia on and off for four to five years growing up. I'm familiar with Bible Belt, with Appalachia,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-porowski/i-d-lived-in-west-virginia-on-and-off-for-four-to-five-years-growing/) [Antoni Porowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-porowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a49/antoni-porowski-6090_appalachia_i-d-lived-in-west-virginia-on-and-off-fo_3124057.jpg) > [We live in the Bible Belt. I was born and raised in church. That's something that was really, really important to me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-demarcus/we-live-in-the-bible-belt-i-was-born-and-raised-in-church-that-s/) [Jay DeMarcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-demarcus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/jay-demarcus-6808_bible_we-live-in-the-bible-belt-i-was-born-and_2345766.jpg) > [The available divorce data show that marital breakdown is now considerably more common in the Bible Belt than in the secular Northeast.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-conason/the-available-divorce-data-show-that-marital-breakdown-is-now/) [Joe Conason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-conason/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/joe-conason-37113_arkansas_the-available-divorce-data-show-that-mar_2070102.png) > [The Bible Belt, the religious South, is the section of the country that practiced slavery until the war made them give it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/the-bible-belt-the-religious-south-is-the-section-of-the-country-that/) [John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/john-shelby-spong-1488_belts_the-bible-belt-the-religious-south-is-th_442859.jpg) > [I think that people in the Bible Belt are far less monolithically religious than many people imagine. There are lots and lots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-think-that-people-in-the-bible-belt-are-far-less-monolithically/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/richard-dawkins-115_atheists_i-think-that-people-in-the-bible-belt-ar_2619687.jpg) > [Flipping the dial through available radio stations there will blare out to any listener an array of broadcasts, 24/7, propagating Religious Right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-campolo/flipping-the-dial-through-available-radio-stations-there-will-blare/) [Tony Campolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-campolo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/tony-campolo-2506_available_flipping-the-dial-through-available-radi_1109675.jpg) > [You need to identify the values that come out of that kind of belief system, because I don't see them. All the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/you-need-to-identify-the-values-that-come-out-of-that-kind-of-belief/) [John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/john-shelby-spong-1488_abortion_you-need-to-identify-the-values-that-com_1133735.jpg) > [“This may seem confusing considering the "swing to the right" this country has taken, but raunch culture transcends elections. The values people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-levy/this-may-seem-confusing-considering-the-swing-to-the-right-this/) [Ariel Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-levy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/ariel-levy-7405_quote_this-may-seem-confusing-considering-the_1907776.jpg) > [“The Bible Belt is collapsing. The world of nominal, cultural Christianity that took the American dream and added Jesus to it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-d-moore/the-bible-belt-is-collapsing-the-world-of-nominal-cultural/) [Russell D. Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-d-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/russell-d-moore-15349_american-dream_the-bible-belt-is-collapsing-the-world-o_1638334.png) > [The death penalty has succeeded in America, not in spite of Christians, but because of us. The Bible Belt is the Death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/the-death-penalty-has-succeeded-in-america-not-in-spite-of-christians/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/shane-claiborne-960_america_the-death-penalty-has-succeeded-in-ameri_3128816.png) > [“Indeed, the only conservative Protestants I knew who attended church regularly were my dad and his family.17 In the middle of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance/indeed-the-only-conservative-protestants-i-knew-who-attended-church/) [J.D. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-vance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/j-d-vance-3503_church-attendance_indeed-the-only-conservative-protestants_3231587.jpg) > [If my parents hadn't been made to do that from living in the Bible Belt, maybe it wouldn't be something that matters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-june/if-my-parents-hadn-t-been-made-to-do-that-from-living-in-the-bible/) [Valerie June](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-june/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/valerie-june-9987_belts_if-my-parents-hadn-t-been-made-to-do-tha_2183609.jpg) > [“Maybe "Bible Belt" refers not so much to the popularity of the Good Book in these parts, but to the biblical-plague level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-jury/maybe-bible-belt-refers-not-so-much-to-the-popularity-of-the-good/) [Paul Jury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-jury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/paul-jury-268690_bible_maybe-bible-belt-refers-not-so-much-to-t_1794017.jpg) > [The battle going on over gay marriage in America reveals an awful lot. The Bible belt - people hate gay people. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mckellen/the-battle-going-on-over-gay-marriage-in-america-reveals-an-awful-lot/) [Ian Mckellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mckellen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/ian-mckellen-1396_america_the-battle-going-on-over-gay-marriage-in_861321.jpg) > [I just think Texas and that whole Bible Belt section is so, like, corporate. And I don't agree with organized religion in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-parrish/i-just-think-texas-and-that-whole-bible-belt-section-is-so-like/) [Hunter Parrish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-parrish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/hunter-parrish-25887_agree_i-just-think-texas-and-that-whole-bible_1277124.jpg) > [In the US Bible Belt, you can be pro-death penalty, pro-gun, pro-war, pro-drone and still proclaim that you're Pro-life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-the-us-bible-belt-you-can-be-pro-death-penalty-pro-gun-pro-war-pro/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/anonymous-1_bible_in-the-us-bible-belt-you-can-be-pro-deat_1675326.jpg) > [It's ironic that the Bible belt is the killing belt - Texas, Florida, Alabama, Virginia, and so forth, Georgia. Chief executioners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-lowery/it-s-ironic-that-the-bible-belt-is-the-killing-belt-texas-florida/) [Joseph Lowery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-lowery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/joseph-lowery-29405_alabama_it-s-ironic-that-the-bible-belt-is-the-k_2527937.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible-belt/#itemlist", "name": "Bible Belt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oklahoma's the Bible Belt.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anita Bryant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-bryant/oklahoma-s-the-bible-belt/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/anita-bryant-4740_belt_oklahoma-s-the-bible-belt-1040660_1040660.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/anita-bryant-4740_belt_oklahoma-s-the-bible-belt-1040660_1040660.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/anita-bryant-4740_belt_oklahoma-s-the-bible-belt-1040660_1040660.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oklahoma's the Bible Belt.” — Anita Bryant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up Southern Baptist. 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