Overpacked Southern Quotes & Sayings

Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it. — P.J. Harvey

A new report just came out that says President Obama has mentioned Jesus Christ in more speeches than President Bush did. Can you believe that? Still, neither has used the phrase 'Oh God, oh God,' more than President Clinton. — Conan O'Brien

the truth is important, the truth is what makes us free people. No guilt or shame holding us back. — Shelly Crane

In the history of humanity there are no civilizations or cultures which fail to manifest, in one or a thousand ways, this need for an absolute that is called heaven, freedom, a miracle, a lost paradise to be regained, peace, the going beyond History ... There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation ... Humanity has always had a nostalgia for the freedom that is only beauty, that is only real; life, plenitude, light. — Eugene Ionesco

I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up — Elbert Hubbard

I've been dancing since I was 6 years old. That kind of relentless dedication and intensity is where I'm comfortable. — Andrea Parker

I read in one of the gardening books that manure was very good for soil, so I had a shitload delivered. — Kaaron Warren

A good lawyer never asks a witness a question she doesn't know the answer to.' 'But, Margaret, I'm not trying to be a good lawyer. I'm trying to be a good friend. — E.L. Konigsburg

Sometimes, just to give the impression that you have the strength and the vitality demands a lot. You can't always give that impression when you have heels and a wig on and it's 40 degrees outside. — Catherine Deneuve

Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review, it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there any truth to the rumor that he had no formal education beyond the age of eleven? In any event, is he able to construct a simple English sentence? Do his participles dangle? When moved to lyricism, does he write "I had a fun time"? Was he ever arrested for burglary? I don't know that you will prove anything this way, but it is perfectly harmless and quite soothing. — Jean Kerr