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title: "104 Southerners Quotes by 86 authors"
description: "Browse 104 Southerners quotes by 86 authors. Discover the best Southerners sayings and thoughts."
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> [Southerners will be polite until they are angry enough to kill you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/southerners-will-be-polite-until-they-are-angry-enough-to-kill-you/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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> [You know, Southerners are pretty cool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-schneider/you-know-southerners-are-pretty-cool/)

[Fred Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-schneider/)

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> [Southerners can never resist a losing cause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/southerners-can-never-resist-a-losing-cause/)

[Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/)

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> [“That’s honor, honey. We’re Southerners. It’s our way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-regnery/that-s-honor-honey-we-re-southerners-it-s-our-way/)

[Katy Regnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-regnery/)

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> [Professional Southerners sicken me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/professional-southerners-sicken-me/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

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> [I came from a big family... a big family of Southerners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-lively/i-came-from-a-big-family-a-big-family-of-southerners/)

[Blake Lively](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-lively/)

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> [“We southerners worship our ancestors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-stevens/we-southerners-worship-our-ancestors/)

[Amanda Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-stevens/)

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> [Some of my nicest fan letters came from white Southerners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-uggams/some-of-my-nicest-fan-letters-came-from-white-southerners/)

[Leslie Uggams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-uggams/)

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> [Southerners are also like ethnic groups in that they have a sense of group identity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/southerners-are-also-like-ethnic-groups-in-that-they-have-a-sense-of/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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> [“Well, Southerners like to eat well. You see, it's an event when it's done right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-shaw/well-southerners-like-to-eat-well-you-see-it-s-an-event-when-it-s/)

[Stan Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-shaw/)

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> [Southerners make good novelists: they have so many stories because they have so much family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/southerners-make-good-novelists-they-have-so-many-stories-because/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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> [I guess I'm just courtly until people get in my way. You'll find most Southerners are like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/i-guess-i-m-just-courtly-until-people-get-in-my-way-you-ll-find-most/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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> [I certainly think that Southerners are tough, and I take pride in that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-peavy/i-certainly-think-that-southerners-are-tough-and-i-take-pride-in-that/)

[Jake Peavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-peavy/)

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> [ \[Yankees\] are pretty much like southerners except with worse manners, of course, and terrible accents. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/yankees-are-pretty-much-like-southerners-except-with-worse-manners-of/)

[Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/)

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> [Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers . . . great talkers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eudora-welty/southerners-love-a-good-tale-they-are-born-reciters-great-memory/)

[Eudora Welty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eudora-welty/)

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> [I do play a lot of Southerners because I grew up in the South, but they're still diverse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-preston/i-do-play-a-lot-of-southerners-because-i-grew-up-in-the-south-but/)

[Carrie Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-preston/)

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> [“People from the country ought to be at the forefront of humankind's struggle for kindness and equality, and yet, the situation is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/people-from-the-country-ought-to-be-at-the-forefront-of-humankind-s/)

[Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/)

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> [“Only Southerners have taken horsewhips and pistols to editors about the treatment or maltreatment of their manuscript. This--the actual pistols--was in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/only-southerners-have-taken-horsewhips-and-pistols-to-editors-about/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/it-s-very-seldom-that-we-see-the-good-of-the-south-there-is-a/)

[Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/)

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> [Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/being-southerners-it-was-a-source-of-shame-to-some-members-of-the/)

[Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/)

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> [“We Southerners are a strong lot. Like our ancestors before us, we will survive. I will never lose faith. I am standing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-b-brewer/we-southerners-are-a-strong-lot-like-our-ancestors-before-us-we-will/)

[Nancy B. Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-b-brewer/)

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> [We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/we-could-say-that-people-who-eat-grits-listen-to-country-music-follow/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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> [If you care to define the South as a poor, rural region with lousy race relations, that South survives only in geographical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/if-you-care-to-define-the-south-as-a-poor-rural-region-with-lousy/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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> [Southerners have been known to stay over the Fourth and not get home before Thanksgiving. Some oldtimers take in overnight guests and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ellen-snodgrass/southerners-have-been-known-to-stay-over-the-fourth-and-not-get-home/)

[Mary Ellen Snodgrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ellen-snodgrass/)

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> [And of course these days I feel like there is a nation of us - displaced southerners and children of the working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/and-of-course-these-days-i-feel-like-there-is-a-nation-of-us/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

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> [“As proud Southerners, we don’t take kindly to being told by Yankees what we are doing wrong. It might be the wrongest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-f-clardy/as-proud-southerners-we-don-t-take-kindly-to-being-told-by-yankees/)

[Thomas F. Clardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-f-clardy/)

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> [I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/i-can-see-why-many-southerners-black-ones-in-particular-don-t-like/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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> [“Babcock knew no Southerners personally but he had seen them in court often enough...and Ed's manner and appearance said Dixie to him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-portis/babcock-knew-no-southerners-personally-but-he-had-seen-them-in-court/)

[charles portis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-portis/)

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> [“The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live, and have lived here, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baldwin/the-south-is-very-beautiful-but-its-beauty-makes-one-sad-because-the/)

[James Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baldwin/)

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> [“We aren’t slow in the South; we just savor our moments. Southerners can sit on a porch all afternoon trying to guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ford/we-aren-t-slow-in-the-south-we-just-savor-our-moments-southerners-can/)

[Deborah Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ford/)

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> [“Being Southern isn't talking with an accent...or rocking on a porch while drinking sweet tea, or knowing how to tell a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-norris/being-southern-isn-t-talking-with-an-accent-or-rocking-on-a-porch/)

[Jan Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-norris/)

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> [“The way the truth of it hits you is less white-lighting whisky more the slow arrival of fall in a place that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-lockhart/the-way-the-truth-of-it-hits-you-is-less-white-lighting-whisky-more/)

[D.A. Lockhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-lockhart/)

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> [“No matter what a person does to cover up and conceal themselves, when we write and lose control, I can spot a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/no-matter-what-a-person-does-to-cover-up-and-conceal-themselves-when/)

[Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-goldberg/)

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> [“Jerusalem was capital of southern Israel, known then as Judah. Isn't it true that there's always a rivalry between north and south?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/jerusalem-was-capital-of-southern-israel-known-then-as-judah-isn-t-it/)

[Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/)

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> [“Growing up in Fitzgerald, I lived in an intense microcosm, where your neighbor knows what you're going to do even before you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-mayes/growing-up-in-fitzgerald-i-lived-in-an-intense-microcosm-where-your/)

[Frances Mayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-mayes/)

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> [“So the women would not forgive. Their passion remained intact, carefully guarded and nurtured by the bitter knowledge of all they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-bahr/so-the-women-would-not-forgive-their-passion-remained-intact/)

[Howard Bahr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-bahr/)

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> [“First memory: a man at the back door is saying, I have real bad news, sweat is dripping off his face, Garbert's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-mayes/first-memory-a-man-at-the-back-door-is-saying-i-have-real-bad-news/)

[Frances Mayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-mayes/)

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> [“Southerners. Such literate, civilized folk, such charm and cleverness and passion for living, such genuine interest in people, all people, high and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilton-barnhardt/southerners-such-literate-civilized-folk-such-charm-and-cleverness/)

[Wilton Barnhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilton-barnhardt/)

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> [“She said that it was a mistake to have made as few superficial friends as I have done in my life, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/she-said-that-it-was-a-mistake-to-have-made-as-few-superficial/)

[Richard Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-ford/)

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> [“Every culture has its southerners -- people who work as little as they can, preferring to dance, drink, sing brawl, kill their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sontag/every-culture-has-its-southerners-people-who-work-as-little-as-they/)

[Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sontag/)

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## Top authors on Southerners

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-shelton-reed-52275.jpg) John Shelton Reed 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/southerners/john-shelton-reed/)
- [Deborah Ford 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/southerners/deborah-ford/)

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                        "text": "“Jerusalem was capital of southern Israel, known then as Judah. Isn't it true that there's always a rivalry between north and south? North and South Korea, North and South Vietnam, Northern and Southern Ireland, Yankees and Rebels, uptown and downtown. Somebody please tell me why that is? Maybe southerners get too much sun, like Mr. Sock over there, frying his threads, and northerners don't get enough (although I hardly think northern Israel a cool spot in the shade), but southern peoples--tropical and downtown types--always seem to lean toward decadence, whereas uptown, in the north, progress is favored. Decadence and progress obviously are at odds.”",
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                        "text": "“So the women would not forgive. Their passion remained intact, carefully guarded and nurtured by the bitter knowledge of all they had lost, of all that had been stolen from them. For generations they vilified the Yankee race so the thief would have a face, a name, a mysterious country into which he had withdrawn and from which he might venture again. They banded together into a militant freemasonry of remembering, and from that citadel held out against any suggestion that what they had suffered and lost might have been in vain. They created the Lost Cause, and consecrated that proud fiction with the blood of real men. To the Lost Cause they dedicated their own blood, their own lives, and to it they offered books, monographs, songs, acres and acres of bad poetry. They fashioned out of grief and loss an imaginary world in which every Southern church had stabled Yankee horses, every nick in Mama's furniture was made by Yankee spurs, every torn painting was the victim of Yankee sabre - a world in which paint did not stick to plaster walls because of the precious salt once hidden there; in which bloodstains could not be washed away and every other house had been a hospital.”",
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                        "text": "“First memory: a man at the back door is saying, I have real bad news, sweat is dripping off his face, Garbert's been shot, noise from my mother, I run to her room behind her, I'm jumping on the canopied bed while she cries, she's pulling out drawers looking for a handkerchief, Now, he's all right, the man say, they think, patting her shoulder, I'm jumping higher, I'm not allowed, they think he saved old man Mayes, the bed slats dislodge and the mattress collapses. My mother lunges for me. Many traveled to Reidsville for the event, but my family did not witness Willis Barnes's electrocution, From kindergarten through high school, Donette, the murderer's daughter, was in my class. We played together at recess. Sometimes she'd spit on me.”",
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                        "text": "“Southerners. Such literate, civilized folk, such charm and cleverness and passion for living, such genuine interest in people, all people, high and low, white and black, and yet how often it had come to, came to, was still coming to vicious incomprehension, usually over race but other things too - religion, class, money. How often the lowest elements had burst out of the shadows and hollers, guns and torches blazing, galloping past the educated and tolerant as nightriders, how often the despicable had run riot over the better Christian ideals... how often cities had burned, people had been strung up in trees, atrocities had been permitted to occur and then, in the seeking of justice for those outrages, how slippery justice had proven, how delayed its triumph. Oh you expect such easily obtained violence in the Balkans or among Asian or African tribal peoples centuries-deep in blood feuds, but how was there such brutality and wickedness in this place of church and good intention, a place of immense friendliness and charity and fondness for the rituals of family and socializing, amid the nation's best cooking and best music... how could one place contain the other place?”",
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                        "text": "“She said that it was a mistake to have made as few superficial friends as I have done in my life, and to have concentrated only on the few things I have concentrated on--her, for one. My children, for another. Sportswriting and being an ordinary citizen. This did not leave me well enough armored for the unexpected, was her opinion. She said this was because I didn't know my parents very well, had gone to a military school, and grown up in the south, which was full of betrayers and secret-keepers and untrustworthy people, which I agree is true, though I never knew any of them.”",
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                        "text": "“Every culture has its southerners -- people who work as little as they can, preferring to dance, drink, sing brawl, kill their unfaithful spouses; who have livelier gestures, more lustrous eyes, more colorful garments, more fancifully decorated vehicles, a wonderful sense of rhythm, and charm, charm, charm; unambitious, no, lazy, ignorant, superstitious, uninhibited people, never on time, conspicuously poorer (how could it be otherwise, say the northerners); who for all their poverty and squalor lead enviable lives -- envied, that is, by work-driven, sensually inhibted, less corruptly governed northerners. We are superior to them, say the northerners, clearly superior. We do not shirk our duties or tell lies as a matter of course, we work hard, we are punctual, we keep reliable accounts. But they have more fun than we do ... They caution[ed] themselves as people do who know they are part of a superior culture: we mustn't let ourselves go, mustn't descend to the level of the ... jungle, street, bush, bog, hills, outback (take your pick). For if you start dancing on tables, fanning yourself, feeling sleepy when you pick up a book, developing a sense of rhythm, making love whenever you feel like it -- then you know. The south has got you.”",
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