"Southerners will be polite until they are angry……" — John Shelton Reed

"Southerners will be polite until they are angry enough to kill you."

— John Shelton Reed

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26 Quotes by John Shelton Reed

John Shelton Reed has 26 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The South is like my favorite pair of blue jeans. It's shrunk some, faded a bit, got a few holes…
You ask people what their ethnicity is, and a lot of Scots-Irish people either don't know or if they know…
Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the US to Europe’s wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles…
Southerners smile more than other Americans.
Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion,…
Every time I look at Atlanta I see what a quarter of a million Confederate soldiers died to prevent.
Every Southerner, I think, knows people like Bill Clinton, maybe not quite as smart and maybe not quite as liberal,…
As long as there are Japanese tourists, there will be a market for the Old South.
Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music.
I don't think massification and globalization and all those other 'izations' are necessarily hostile to regionalism.
The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San…
Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is…

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More Angry Quotes

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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right… — Aristotle
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the… — Aristotle
I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded… — Douglas Adams
You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you.… — Drew Barrymore
I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile… — Drew Barrymore
I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor. — Nina Bawden
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good. — Henry Ward Beecher
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry. — Henry Ward Beecher
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. — Ambrose Bierce

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