Uncommonly Southern Quotes & Sayings

Transformation helps us more clearly see Jesus. And when we more clearly see Him, we can more clearly see the miracle in our mess, the good in our difficulty, the redemption in rejection. — Lysa TerKeurst

Something people don't recognize is that being on the space station is probably a lot like being in some kind of confinement - like isolation. — Scott Kelly

You can criticize yourself to a point to do something better, or you criticize yourself to a point where you inhibit yourself. — Ira Glass

The thing about playing gods, whether you're playing Thor and Loki or Greco Roman gods or Indian gods or characters in any mythology, the reason that gods were invented was because they were basically larger versions of ourselves. — Tom Hiddleston

The family I'm from, well, no one had their name on big buildings. My family were builders of a different kind. Builders in the way most American families are. They used whatever tools they had - whatever God gave them - and whatever life in America provided - and built better lives and better futures for their kids. — Hillary Clinton

I hung up the phone, jubilant, and threw myself into a wall, then pretended to be getting electrocuted. I do this when I'm very happy. — Dave Eggers

I adore pigs, and I love eating them and cooking them, and I love using the whole animal. — April Bloomfield

Almost everything, if one keeps one's eyes open, is potential material for painting. — Graham Sutherland

It all started in December when it grew cold, i drove in feeling icy and numb...but as i saw the moon rising above the smoke it made me feel alive & enlightening up my Soul... — PP

I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown. — Andy Gibb

Stores don't order merchandise unless they think they can sell it right away. Manufacturers and builders don't produce unless they have buyers lined up. My business contacts describe this as a paradigm shift and they believe it's permanent. — Janet Yellen

In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan. — Rebecca MacKinnon

I have read more about Oprah Winfrey's ass than I have about the rise of China as an economic superpower. I fear this is no exaggeration. Perhaps China is rising as an economic superpower because its women aren't spending all their time reading about Oprah Winfrey's ass. — Caitlin Moran