Southern Humor Quotes

“At 2:00 sharp on the afternoon of his internment, with his body resting in a casket in the front room of his home, the pallbearers--all bridge players--stuck a deck of cards in Mr. Hampton's cold hands, shut the lid over his head, and played bridge.”
― Brenda Sutton Rose, Dogwood Blues

“We had a citywide emergency on our hands, as there is no greater affliction for the southern mind than people up north coming down to fix our way of life.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“...Southern women are impossible to live with because they will never find a man who treats them like their daddy did.”
― Maryln Schwartz, New Times In The Old South: Or Why Scarlett's in Therapy & Tara's Going Condo

“The first thing the therapist asked me was, 'Are you here because you're depressed?' I said, 'Not at all--I'm here because I'm Southern.'" Anne Herndon”
― Maryln Schwartz, New Times In The Old South: Or Why Scarlett's in Therapy & Tara's Going Condo

“That's right honey...It's much easier to follow the bitch than it is to follow the saint.”
― Maryln Schwartz, New Times In The Old South: Or Why Scarlett's in Therapy & Tara's Going Condo