Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old southern quotes, southern sayings, and southern proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
I can't see this world unless I go outside my southern comfort zone.Brad Paisley
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Southern women see no contradiction in mixing strength with gentleness.Sharon McKern
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The SouthÂÂwhere roots, place, family, and tradition are the essence of identity.unknown
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The only place in the world that nothing has to be explained to me is the South.Woodrow Wilson
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Because I was born in the South, I'm a Southerner. If I had been born in the North, the West or the Central Plains, I would be just a human being.Clyde Edgerton
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In the North, he discoverd, courtesy was considered a barometer of genuine esteem; for any decently brought up Southerner, good manners were simply habitual.Mary Doria Russell
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Southerners smile more than other Americans.John Shelton Reed
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When life hands you lemons... squeeze them into some sweet iced tea and thank God you were born a southern girl!unknown
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In the South, perhaps more than any other region, we go back to our home in dreams and memories, hoping it remains what it was on a lazy, still summer's day twenty years ago.unknown
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It's not a common thing for a Southern white family to go out and seek their black cousins.Edward Ball
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Southerners can claim kin with anybody. It's one of our most dextrous talents.unknown
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I'll have you know Southern isn't a synonym for stupid.Janice Lane Palko
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Southerners have never been afraid of seasoning. It's kind of the other way around; our seasoning is afraid of us.Paula Deen
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Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart.Reese Witherspoon
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From the mountains of Virginia to the Texas Plains there is a Southern way of life and it begins with hospitality and a proper emphasis on good cooking.Winifred G. Cheney
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The Southerner always tended to believe with his blood rather than his intellect.Marshall Frady
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Southern women like their men religious and a little mad.Michael Shaara
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I like the South because it is so much warmer on the sidelines than it is up North.Tom Landry
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Southerners know you can't be considered a serious Southern cook if you don't know how to make peach cobbler.Trisha Yearwood
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Nobody but a Southerner knows the wrenching rinsing sadness of the cities of the North.Walker Percy
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The South is a region that history has happened to.Richard Weaver
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The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman.Winston Churchill
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Southerners make such good novelists; they have so many good stories because they have so much family.Gore Vidal
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The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence.Flannery O'Connor
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People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of Southern literature.Roy Blount Jr.
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A true Southerner will never say in 2-3 words what can better be said in 10-12.Charles Kuralt
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Southern women can say more with a cut of their eyes than a whole debate club's worth of speeches.Allison Glock
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Storytelling and copulation are the two chief forms of amusement in the South. They are inexpensive and easy to procure.Robert Penn Warren
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Southerners have a genius for psychological alchemy. If something intolerable simply cannot be changed, driven away or shot they will not only tolerate it but take pride in it as wellFlorence King
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We Southerners live at a leisurely pace and sharing our hospitality with our family, friends, and the stranger within our gate is one of our greatest joys.Winifred G. Cheney