Southern Quotes

582 quotes by 474 authors

Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing. — Robert Ballard
In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down… — Saul Bellow
I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France. — Yogi Berra
I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it. — Halle Berry
In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would… — Omar N. Bradley
Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about… — Bear Bryant
It is time to end the western policy of malign neglect. It is in the interest of the whole world to help tackle the actual… — James Buchan
Flipping the dial through available radio stations there will blare out to any listener an array of broadcasts, 24/7, propagating Religious Right politics, along with… — Tony Campolo
Yes, sir. I'm a real Southern boy. I got a red neck, white socks, and Blue Ribbon beer. — Billy Carter
I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is… — Jimmy Carter
My uncle is a Southern planter. He's an undertaker in Alabama. — Fred Allen
As the eldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, I was constantly troubled by a collage of North American southern behaviors and notions in reference… — John Henrik Clarke
My daddy wanted me to be a farmer; feel the smoothness of Alabama clay and become one of the first blacks in my town to… — John Henrik Clarke
I believe we must resolve the problem at our southern border with full regard to the problems and needs of Mexico. I have suggested legalizing… — Ronald Reagan
My Grandmother would say, 'Make sure you look good. Make sure you speak well. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I've taught you… — Jamie Foxx
Let Southern oppressors tremble-let their secret abettors tremble-let their Northern apologists tremble-let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble. — William Lloyd Garrison
One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves… — Abraham Lincoln
Well, you could become a Southern Baptist. I mean, instead of having to obey the Pope, you could just obey your husband. — Arianna Huffington
Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night,… — Mark Twain
The real difference of interests, lay not between large and small, but between the Northern and Southern states. The institution of slavery and its consequences… — James Madison

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