Southern Old Folks Quotes & Sayings

When one has to seek the honour that comes from God only, he will take the withholding of the honour that comes from men very quietly indeed. — George MacDonald

That year, a middle-aged acquaintance asked me what my favorite book was and I said "On the Road." He smiled, said, "That was my favorite book at sixteen." At the time , I thought he was patronizing me, that it was going to be my favorite book forever and ever, amen. But he was right. As an adult, I'm more of a Gatsby girl-more tragic, more sad, just as interested in what America costs as what it has to offer. — Sarah Vowell

We have built something [a nuclear stockpile] bigger than we can drive. — Rachel Maddow

Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing. — Elizabeth Goudge

You have to know, when there is a fire in the kitchen, when to flood that fire. — Guus Hiddink

So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ - that's where the action is. See things from his perspective. — Eugene H. Peterson

She looked around at the close confines of the NCD offices. They were cramped and untidy. No. They were worse than that. They had gone through cramped and untidy, paused briefly at small and shabby before ending up at pokey and damp. — Jasper Fforde

I think, being an actor, it's just a relief every time you get a part. — Jillian Bach

Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell. — Keith Richards