Backhanded Southern Quotes & Sayings

Over the years my mother's steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when I found myself faced with my own medical scare. — Ben Carson

If I'd been joking I would have said, a blind guy walks into a bar. And a table. And a couple of chairs. — Anonymous

Cynicism is the curse of the West. In India, we still have faith. — Corban Addison

Stop turning every others battle into yours. Sometimes amidst of all the wars, all you need to become is the lighthouse, not the sword. — Akshay Vasu

I don't aim for perfection. But I do want to try and come up with something interesting. — Kate Bush

She had stayed home and worked hard and a posthumous recognition had eventually followed. Not that Buck hadn't worked hard, sure he did, but in the end the body won't hold up as a work of art. — Duff Brenna

One learns more metaphysics from a single temptation than from all the philosophers. — James Russell Lowell

I hope you find someone who knows how to love you when you are sad. — Nikita Gill

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free. — Yanni

Wearing a $1,000 suit and driving a Ferrari may be better than riding around in a beaten-up
pickup truck, but when it's all said and done, it'll be the experiences you remember, not the stuff. — John Hawkins

Whatever problems we encountered, we put there. If we trace the line back, every struggle derived from some decision we made. It is not chance, it is how we teach ourselves. — Thomm Quackenbush

I told [my daughter Amy] at an early age that she had a good ear. But I didn't influence her music much. She's pretty much developed her style on her own, and she's a talented songwriter. — Mose Allison

I used to love the storms when I was younger,' Grump said. "I would climb the cypresses and leap into the sky and roar at the thunder. There's nothing like flying into the rain and embracing the wind. It's true freedom. — Aaron Burdett

Birds are the first and the greatest performers. — Olivier Messiaen