“You can sell a jar of likker when you cain’t sell a bushel of taters.”
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Real Southern Quote: Coach Frank Howard on Retirement
Legendary Clemson football coach Frank Howard was known as the “Bard of Barlow Bend” for his way with words. Here’s a little taste:
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Real Southern Quote: God vs. Science
In researching quotes by the late rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, we found the man was eminently quotable. Rather than keeping those to ourselves, we’ll keep them coming for the rest of the week.
A leading proponent of human space exploration might seem an odd advocate for the existence of God. As in many other arenas, Wernher von Braun defied common expectations…
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Real Southern Quote: Dealing with the Impossible
Today’s Real Southern Quote comes to us from one of the greatest scientific minds of the last century … or any century for that matter.
Wernher von Braun ponders the meaning of the impossible…
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Real Southern Quote: On the Nature of Sailors
Today’s Real Southern Quote comes to us from the pages of the war memoirs of Admiral Raphael Semmes, captain of the CSS Alabama. It deals with nothing less than the fundamental nature of sailors.
What can we say? Stereotypes exist for a reason…
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Real Southern Quote – 5.27.11
Today’s Real Southern Quote comes to us from RSM Wayne Franklin. More specifically, it comes to us from his father, Terry. It’s his little gift to us on his 69th birthday…
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Real Southern Quote – 4.20.11
Whether from a famous author, our favorite uncle or simply overheard on the street, some Southern quotes are just too good to not be shared. Every so often, we’ll share the best of the best – the quotes that couldn’t from anyone but a Real Southern Man.
Today’s quote comes from an anonymous Tennessee cattleman…
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March 8, 2013 





