Best 12 quotes in «hillbilly quotes» category

Under the Roman Empire, barbarians were the rural trash of their day. The word "pagan" is derived from the Latin pagus, meaning "country", and Romans used it disparagingly to describe country dwellers. Likewise, "heathen" originally meant those rural types who lived under cover of the heath. Both "pagan" and "heathen" are thus ancient verbal ancestors of "hillbilly.

Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.

I had a dream that I lost my teeth and when I woke up they were all still in my mouth, thank God that I am not a Hill Billy after all.

The Untheory of Evolution, and Other Scientific Studies Including Hunting, Fishing, and Sex" by William C. Berdine needs to be available to put in my favorite books list. This book is excellent for any young teen to stumble across and read. I found it while my parents were driving me to Florida for a vacation and as a preteen I fell in love immediately with the book and the person behind it.

Homelessness is not a race thing. It's not a gender thing. It's not a religious thing. It's not a gay or straight thing. It's not a political thing. It's not a thing, it's people.

Deep down, I'm just a West Virginia hillbilly.

I believe that Willy Nelson is the hillbilly Dalai Lama.

Doing a thing call the Hillbilly Rock, some say it came from Elvis down in Tennessee.

Hopefully I'll be the first Mexican-American going into Hillbilly Heaven.

I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

My guitars, Cadillacs, and hillbilly music Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on.

I'm a native West Virginian and I've been called everything from a hillbilly to a stump jumper. I'm always proud of it; I'm very proud to be a West Virginian.