--- title: "13 Southern culture Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Southern culture quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Southern culture sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/mark-kemp-260252_civil-rights-movemen_i-loved-the-land-that-surrounded-me-but_231166.jpg" --- > [“I loved the land that surrounded me but hated the history that haunted that land.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-kemp/i-loved-the-land-that-surrounded-me-but-hated-the-history-that/) [Mark Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-kemp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/mark-kemp-260252_civil-rights-movemen_i-loved-the-land-that-surrounded-me-but_231166.jpg) > [In southern culture, possession of a gun became kind of a sign of manhood, not just because of slaves but other white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-southern-culture-possession-of-a-gun-became-kind-of-a-sign-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/noam-chomsky-42_culture_in-southern-culture-possession-of-a-gun_947076.jpg) > [“In general, those from outside the southern culture built a style around exaggerations of southern music, and missed the lonesome hillbilly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-escott/in-general-those-from-outside-the-southern-culture-built-a-style/) [Colin Escott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-escott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/colin-escott-228937_music_in-general-those-from-outside-the-southe_509080.jpg) > [Southern culture has fostered a type of imagination that has been influenced by Christianity of a not too unorthodox kind and by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/southern-culture-has-fostered-a-type-of-imagination-that-has-been/) [Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/flannery-o-connor-639_bible_southern-culture-has-fostered-a-type-of_2849769.jpg) > [The South is about the abundance, beauty, and richness of Southern culture, but also its dark underside. The history of Southern food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcie-cohen-ferris/the-south-is-about-the-abundance-beauty-and-richness-of-southern/) [Marcie Cohen Ferris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcie-cohen-ferris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/marcie-cohen-ferris-31022_abundance_the-south-is-about-the-abundance-beauty_2331987.jpg) > [In South Carolina, the Confederate flag flies high on countless flagpoles. Those who defend this practice by saying it is part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schlossberg/in-south-carolina-the-confederate-flag-flies-high-on-countless/) [Jack Schlossberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schlossberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/jack-schlossberg-12683_confederate_in-south-carolina-the-confederate-flag-f_276994.jpg) > [“Never let it be said that dialect is a reflection of intellect. On the contrary, it is a reflection of the deep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-h-graham/never-let-it-be-said-that-dialect-is-a-reflection-of-intellect-on-the/) [Patricia H. Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-h-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/patricia-h-graham-40751_dialect_never-let-it-be-said-that-dialect-is-a-r_2285438.jpg) > [“After observing southern culture for some time, Emily Burke concluded that the people of the South would not think they could subsist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-bowers-hilliard/after-observing-southern-culture-for-some-time-emily-burke-concluded/) [Sam Bowers Hilliard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-bowers-hilliard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/sam-bowers-hilliard-86415_life_after-observing-southern-culture-for-som_1223373.jpg) > [Intellectual development was paramount to my father, of course, but he was hardly a geek. He was a man who happened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-chatterton-williams/intellectual-development-was-paramount-to-my-father-of-course-but-he/) [Thomas Chatterton Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-chatterton-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/thomas-chatterton-williams-673_age_intellectual-development-was-paramount-t_1582932.jpg) > [William Ferris has long reigned as the unimpeachable source of the entire southern experience. His work on southern folklore and the composition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/william-ferris-has-long-reigned-as-the-unimpeachable-source-of-the/) [Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/pat-conroy-768_achievement_william-ferris-has-long-reigned-as-the-u_622556.jpg) > [“The body count alone marks the plantation as a sacred place, and yet that's not what hallows the grounds to most. Traditionally,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-w-twitty/the-body-count-alone-marks-the-plantation-as-a-sacred-place-and-yet/) [Michael W. Twitty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-w-twitty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/michael-w-twitty-24863_quote_the-body-count-alone-marks-the-plantatio_2219258.jpg) > [“Southern culture is vivified, made a culture, by the melding of influences that are held far more closely than in other, lesser…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markham-shaw-pyle/southern-culture-is-vivified-made-a-culture-by-the-melding-of/) [Markham Shaw Pyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markham-shaw-pyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/markham-shaw-pyle-22408_culture_southern-culture-is-vivified-made-a-cult_723254.jpg) > [“As flawed as Southern culture is, mendacity has always been treated in the South as a despicable characteristic. Notice how often Southerners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/as-flawed-as-southern-culture-is-mendacity-has-always-been-treated-in/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/james-lee-burke-2289_southern-culture_as-flawed-as-southern-culture-is-mendaci_855534.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/southern-culture/#itemlist", "name": "Southern culture Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I loved the land that surrounded me but hated the history that haunted that land.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Kemp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-kemp/i-loved-the-land-that-surrounded-me-but-hated-the-history-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/mark-kemp-260252_civil-rights-movemen_i-loved-the-land-that-surrounded-me-but_231166.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/mark-kemp-260252_civil-rights-movemen_i-loved-the-land-that-surrounded-me-but_231166.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/mark-kemp-260252_civil-rights-movemen_i-loved-the-land-that-surrounded-me-but_231166.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I loved the land that surrounded me but hated the history that haunted that land.” — Mark Kemp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In southern culture, possession of a gun became kind of a sign of manhood, not just because of slaves but other white men. 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