Yankees don't understand that the Southern way of talking is a language of nuance. What we can do in the South is… — Lewis Grizzard Copy Share Image
And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Southern Gothic is alive and well. It's not just a genre, it is a way of life. — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
There's an old Southern saying that if you're worried about your weight, clothes, or getting old, then you don't have any real… — Amy Hill Hearth Copy Share Image
Raceing isn't about winning it's about getting out there showing your pride about it and just manly have FUN!! I don't race… — Me Copy Share Image
“One of the most ambitious men to exploit the timber trade was Hugh F. McDanield, a railroad builder and tie contractor who… — Denele Pitts Campbell Copy Share Image
Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.' — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Harper Lee was legendarily private. I've never known such a private woman in my life. It's no surprise that she left Monroeville,… — Wayne Flynt Copy Share Image
Pompeii, especially, with its grand murals and its flourishing gardens haunted by the dark shadow of Vesuvius, has always suggested uncomfortable parallels… — Eleanor Antin Copy Share Image
The older I got, the more willing I was to go into the Southern vernacular, because some of it's funny. — Keith Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't go around thinking about regret; regret doesn't consume me as a person... I'm not certain about whether any writer, any… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
I'm a California girl, and I'd love to restore a sense of place to Southern California. — Rene Russo Copy Share Image
The wild mustard in Southern California is like that spoken of in the New Testament. . . . Its gold is as… — Helen Hunt Jackson Copy Share Image
In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it a little… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Being raised a Jew in southern California in the 1950s and 1960s, my religious training emphasized learning the Hebrew language and Jewish… — Rick Strassman Copy Share Image
Terroir - the taste of place - was important from the early South of the first Indian, African, and Europeans to the… — Marcie Cohen Ferris Copy Share Image
The Allman Brothers were definitely the group that opened up the door for the Southern groups. — Ronnie Van Zant Copy Share Image
I think this spring as the mosquito populations start to increase, we should be especially cautious about locations where we've had locally-transmitted… — Laura Harrington Copy Share Image
Slavery has become so engrafted into the policy of the Southern States, that it cannot be eradicated without tearing up by the… — William Loughton Smith Copy Share Image
Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
I guess I never had a better experience than working on The Long Riders, and at the same time, I never had… — Walter Hill Copy Share Image
