Jeff Foxworthy

Jeff Foxworthy

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Few American comedian,s actor, and writer have been quoted as widely as Jeff Foxworthy (b. 1958), whose insights reach well beyond their original context. Known for his "You might be a redneck" one-liners, Foxworthy has released six major-label comedy albums, their words carry the weight of lived experience. 22 of Jeff Foxworthy's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Family, Home, Dad, Work, and Music. Among their most shared lines: "If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck."

“Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Famous

All Quotes by Jeff Foxworthy

“For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. We stayed with my in-laws, which on life's list of experiences ranks right below sitting in a tub full of scissors.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Family

“My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do this.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Dad

“If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Home

“Country music is about new love and it's about old love.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Music

“My grandma's the most careful, safe driver in the world. You put her in a rental car, and she's doing doughnuts in the K-Mart parking lot!”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Car

“You may be a redneck if... you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Education

“I say, If everybody in this house lives where it's God first, friends and family second and you third, we won't ever have an argument.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Family

“Find something in life that you love doing. If you make a lot of money, that's a bonus, and if you don't, you still won't hate going to work.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Money

“I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Family

“My wife is so analytical with raising kids, and I am not. My feeling is if they turn out good, then that means I was a good daddy and put a lot of effort into it. If they turn out bad, it means they took after her side of the family.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Family

“That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Great

“Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Famous

“If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Home

“I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Dad

“If you've ever made change in the offering plate, you might be a redneck.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Change

“If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Family

“It's a weird sensation to be mad and learning at the same time.”

— Jeff Foxworthy

Learning