Funny Quote by Keith Jackson

I’ll always marvel at the liveliness of southern speech-so full of metaphor and hyperbole, quirks and vividness.

— Frances Mayes

I, on the other hand, have a bit of a southern accent.

— Michael W. Smith

I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.

— Reynolds Price

Lots of people have expressed consternation that I haven't gotten rid of Southern accent, but I just never saw any reason to lose the…

— Roy Blount, Jr

I'm an Asian with a Southern accent. To a lot of people, that right there is funny.

— Henry Cho

“The first thing outsiders notice about Southerners is the way we talk. In fact, if it wasn’t for our speech, some people wouldn’t know…

— Deborah Ford

I was raised a proper Southern boy.

— Powers Boothe

I'm a southern gentleman.

— Jamie Foxx

You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.

— Walton Goggins

When you say, 'Southern,' or you speak about a southern accent, there's always that drawl, and usually from white people. That's what people associate…

— Angie Thomas

I had a Southern accent but I had broken it so hard.

— Josh Lucas

You know, Southerners are pretty cool.

— Fred Schneider