Top 1200 Southern Baptist Quotes & Sayings - Page 7

Wake up, America. With a porous southern border, we have no idea who's in our country.

I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.

I grew up in southern California in the '80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.

The first job I ever had was right here in San Francisco with Southern Pacific.

The Ryman and the Grand Ole Opry, if you're a Southern boy, is just a way of life.

By what route do otherwise sane men come to believe such palpable nonsense? How is it possible for a human brain to be divided into two insulated halves, one functioning normally, naturally and even brilliantly, and the other capable only of such ghastly balderdash which issues from the minds of Baptist evangelists?

As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently.

Train service is particularly vital for the students and employees of Southern Illinois University.

My grandfather was one of the most amazing Baptist ministers in history, he was unbelievable. He was one of the most amazing men - the most amazing man that I ever met... He lived an amazing life.

All would wish to be saved and to enjoy the glory of paradise; but to gain heaven, it is necessary to walk in the straight road that leads to eternal bliss. This road is the observance of the divine commandments. Hence, in his preaching, the Baptist exclaimed: Make straight the way of the Lord.

Canadians shouldn't come down to Southern California and take jobs away from Mexicans.

Country music's so about the nuclear family and living the southern lifestyle and everything.

My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.

The older I got, the more willing I was to go into the Southern vernacular, because some of it's funny.

When Jesus stepped into the waters of the Jordan and was baptized by John the Baptist, he did so not because he was in need of repentance, or conversion: he did it to be among people who need forgiveness, among us sinners, and to take upon himself the burden of our sins.

I was a Southern California boy raised on rap music and cussed like a sailor.

Cruising on the old rice boats in Kerala, southern India, with my wife was amazing.

I never got the idea of a punishing God, just a really boring one. To see people growing up in the Carolinas who were Baptist, I knew there were others who felt God was going to send them to hell for any little thing, but not me.

Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'

I grew up in Southern California and always loved melodic pop music.

I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything.

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

When I see guys huddling up after the game, to pray, that’s what scares me about the game. I’m a Baptist, but I’m also a quarterback killer, and I ain’t praying with you. But I will give you 30 seconds to ask your Lord and master to keep me from killing you.

It's a black Southern belief that blue glass keeps out bad spirits.

I am open to working in all southern language - Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.

'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot.

The South just keeps right on playing good time Southern music.

As a southern man, there's two things I'm definitely not scared of: bow ties and white pants.

And I always say, when Southern people get on the dance floor, they ain't getting off.

The Civil War ravaged the Southern states, while leaving the North untouched.

Sometimes I feel like a Buddhist and I need to chant; sometimes a Baptist and I need to holler and shout; and sometimes I need to be a Catholic and need to purge my sins and confess. It just depends on where I am.

To use a Southern euphemism, our space program has been snake-bit.

I don't think of myself as a Negro. I'm a Southerner. I just like the Southern way of life.

As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.

Being from the South, I was really into Southern rap, but I listened to a lot of stuff from all over.

It is hard to have a Southern overseer; it is worse to have a Northern one; but worst of all when you are yourself the slave-driver.

In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions - one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.

Power, privilege, and violence are not, and never were, strictly Southern issues in America.

Look at Montgomery Gentry. If those boys came out in the '70s, they'd be Southern rock.

I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.

Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next Gone With the Wind.

It has never been recommended to confuse "loving" with "seeking to please"... ...Salome pleased Herod's guests; I can hardly believe she was burning with love for them. As for poor John the Baptist... ...she certainly did not envelop him in her love.

You will readily believe me when I say that on leaving my country, I little imagined that I should ever become a Baptist. I had not indeed candidly examined the subject of baptism, but I had strong prejudices against the sect, that is everywhere spoken against.

The fierce ambitions of Carver Dana Andrews, son of a Baptist preacher, might well have been imagined by Horatio Alger, Jr.-- or Samuel Goldwyn-- but not the hidden costs behind those achievements. Carl Rollyson compassionately captures the man behind the movie star.

We have terrorists coming into the country both through our Northern and Southern borders.

I read the collected works of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and made a list of everything the old Baptist preacher had ever condemned as immoral or untoward. The subjects of his condemnation ranged from college-age women going braless to dogs wearing clothes to Beyonce.

Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.

I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.

Growing up black in America, and with Southern roots in my family, I was informed in my own life.

The Southern hospitality is almost the same as the love and the kindness that they show back at home.

Southern women sometimes get dumbed down when they're turned into characters. I don't like that.

You know what southern women are? Whiskey in a teacup. We're strong in the inside, but ornate on the outside.

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.

Bill Clinton is a classic, old-school Southern pragmatic Democrat.

I grew up in Southern California, so there is just a part of me that is a Hollywood rocker.

I knew no one in New York City was going to hire me if I had a southern accent.

Southern black gay and bi men are suffering from a self-esteem issue.

My fan base is extremely random. It's the 14-year-old white kid sitting next to your auntie from St. Luke's Baptist Church, to the 20-year-old Black girl who probably would go to a Rihanna concert, but she's coming to my show.