Quotes & Sayings About Being Southern Girl

how long before hope begins to eat itself? how many flags must be waved? when does a man let go of his wife's hand in order to hold his child? — Alix Olson

He tried to kiss me. One of the few things that had impressed me in college was a Southern girl's account o how she avoided being kissed on the doorstep of her house once by wearing a flower in her hair and sticking it in her mouth when she said good night. Only I had no flower. — Elaine Dundy

if you have a destination programmed into your subconscious you'll make the right decisions to take you in that general direction - — Chris Croft

Slim is queer and though Nelson isn't supposed to mind that he does. He also minds that there are a couple of slick blacks making it at the party and that one little white girl with that grayish kind of sharp-chinned Polack face from the south side of Brewer took off her shirt while dancing even though she has no tits to speak of and now sits in the kitchen with still bare tits getting herself sick on Southern Comfort and Pepsi. At these parties someone is always in the bathroom being sick or giving themselves a hit or a snort and Nelson minds this too. He doesn't mind any of it very much, he's just tired of being young. There's so much wasted energy to it. — John Updike

I am, on principle, opposed to war and in favor of peace because I regard peace as a positive good and war as a positive evil. — John C. Calhoun

But grant the wrath of Heaven be great, 'tis slow.
[Lat., Ut sit magna tamen certe lenta ira deorum est.] — Juvenal

If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult. — Maya Angelou

This is a dark age. That's not news. It's a dark time when we have to be particularly aware of danger. — Frederick Lenz

I am a meat-loving Southern girl. Add in being a writer, and that means I drink more than I should, too. — Sarah Lacy

I scoot over to Poundcake. "Stay here. In ten minutes, open up on him to cover our crossing." Staring up at me all doe-eyed and trusting. "You know, Private, it's customary to acknowledge an order from your commanding officer." Poundcake nods. I try again: "With a 'yes, sir.'" He nods again. "Like, out loud. With words." Another nod. Okay, at least I tried. — Rick Yancey

Go to the moon - that's my dream. — Steve Jurvetson

I think it's important to make art that is not that easily absorbable, that is a challenge to the authorities. — Lisa Yuskavage