I long ago suggested the hypothesis, that in the basin of the Thames there are indications of a meeting in the Pleistocene… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
F.D.R. had to deal with Southern segregationists - and outright racists - who held power in Congress, so he had to yield… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
Our aim is to gain control of the two great treasure houses on which the West depends: The energy treasure house of… — Leonid Brezhnev 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
If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under… — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go… — Boris Kodjoe Copy Share Image
My parents separated before I was 1 year old. I moved in with my aunt and uncle when I was in fourth… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
“ Physically and socially, Florida has its own North and South, but its northern area is strictly Southern and its southern area… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
Growing up Southern is a privilege, really. It's more than where you're born, it's an idea and state of mind that seems… — Lana Copy Share Image
There are a lot of good comics, no doubt, but as far as the quality of the comics goes, I think what… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I want my fellow citizens to wise up and stop falling for [war]. I try with my limited access, I'm not getting… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
My heart breaks living in southern Utah on the edge of America's Redrock Wilderness, witnessing what the Bush Administration's policies regarding oil… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Coming from the South and growing up in L.A. where it was so segregated - worse than the South in many ways… — Charles Burnett Copy Share Image
“The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't ready yet… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
The systematic, wanton, and long continued agitation of the slavery question, with the actual and threatened aggressions of the Northern States and… — Isham G. Harris Copy Share Image
When man sends colonies into space, he will be able to mount moveable, sun-reflecting mirrors to simulate rhythms of day and night… — Lance Morrow Copy Share Image
I kind of forget what it's like to be a dude who grew up in the south sometimes. I want to refresh… — Drake Copy Share Image
So I'm not a Southern writer in the commonly held sense of the term, like Faulkner or Eudora Welty, who took the… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Great stories, well written and heartfelt. Prisoner of SouthernRock is an engaging and entertaining celebration of southern music, musicians and characters. — Chuck Leavell Copy Share Image
Everyone's surprised when they meet me. I guess it's because I've played tough cookies for so long... It's what I do best.… — Rhea Perlman Copy Share Image
The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
I decided early on that I wanted to participate in the greater American experience, rather than the parochial one in Mississippi. But… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
Suffice it to say, during the whole long day I came not to the conclusion, even once, that the southern slave, fed,… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
Is it to be expected that the Southern States will deliver themselves bound hand and foot to the Eastern States? A few… — George Mason Copy Share Image
One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
The working poor in the South are often blamed for their reliance on "traditional" Southern food, while in reality, most are eating… — Marcie Cohen Ferris Copy Share Image
The virus is moving quite substantially into new locations. My attention is pretty much equally divided between Europe, the southern Balkans and… — David Nabarro Copy Share Image
In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
“You said you left Mississippi in 1854," Ron says. He turns to Mamuwalde and asks "Were you a runaway slave?" "Not at… — Daven Anderson Copy Share Image
The authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be very odd to an American… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
Southern food derives its strength from many cultures. It's a melding of food cultures from Native Americans, enslaved African-Americans, and Europeans. — Marcie Cohen Ferris Copy Share Image
I went to boarding school Southern, religious, and straight, and I left boarding school not being at all religious and not being… — Chris Hughes Copy Share Image
He had this old southern idea of what a lady should be. A lady should not carry a gun and spend most… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
There is a tradition in Southern cooking of recipes handed down for generations. And when I make my grandmother's strawberry pie I… — Kimberly Schlapman Copy Share Image
I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you… — Johnnie Cochran Copy Share Image
I am very indebted to southern writers and not just Flannery O'Connor. Also Harry Crews, Larry Brown, Tennessee Williams, Barry Hannah and… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Protecting the sovereignty of the United States, putting a wall on the southern border, making sure that criminals are not part of… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
A chorus of tough southern belles whispered, You need a loyal husband around here. Loyal to you, loyal to your family, loyal… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image