Texas Quotes · Page 20

I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big

— Phil Gramm

While the rest of the country is still talking about welfare reform, Texas is implementing it.

— John Sharp

My father 'Pappy' who is black, is from Galveston and Fort Worth, Texas. My mother, who is white, is from San Diego.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

I once found myself in Paris, Texas, possibly the most curious juxtaposition of place names in America.

— Neil Macdonald

As a kid from Texas, it always amazes me when city kids don't know how to ride a bike.

— Tamron Hall

I grew up in Texas in a family that fished and hunted, so I've shot guns as a kid.

— Stark Sands

When you live in Texas, every single time you see snow it?s magical.

— Pamela Ribon

I am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater.

— Janine Turner

I'm from Texas, so we used to wear our pants starched down like a cowboy. So when I got to New York,…

— Stephen Jackson

When it comes to a lip sync, Kennedy Davenport is someone that, when I first turned 18, I was going to the…

— Shangela

You know what the bounty is on bin Laden? $25 million. It sounds like a lot until you realize the Texas Rangers…

— Jay Leno

I don't know how much credit I can take for 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' because I only worked on it for three weeks.…

— Paul Haggis

I love playing small towns, but in Sweden, it's sometimes a little bit weird, because all small towns are just so close…

— Jens Lekman

There are parts of Texas where a fly lives ten thousand years and a man can't die soon enough. Time gets strange…

— Katherine Dunn

For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound…

— Darrell Royal

The Texas-OU game is a big revenue bear. And because it's played at a neutral site, you don't have as many student…

— Darrell Royal

“I hated seeing these spasmodic upside-down chicken heads stretching to puncture my flesh. I imagined once that they reached my groin and…

— Sergio Troncoso

I've never struggled with that at all. In the state of Texas, if you come into our state and you kill one…

— Rick Perry

When I initially met with Robert I was just so excited to meet the guy. I was able to go to Troublemaker…

— Joel McHale

We will do whatever it takes to keep Tom Herman at the University of Houston. We're not going to lose Tom Herman…

— Tilman J. Fertitta

“You don't need meat at every meal," Riley offered, forking another bite of salad into his mouth and inwardly agreeing with Jack…

— RJ Scott

I never go to weddings. Waste of time. Person can get married a dozen times. Lots of folks do. Family like ours,…

— Edna Ferber

“I’m at peak physical condition now. People sometimes assume I was in the army. I think I’m too insubordinate for that line…

— Caspar Vega

There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the…

— Rick Perry

I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.

— Sam Houston

“There are parts of Texas where a fly lives ten thousand years and a man can't die soon enough.”

— Katherine Dunn

We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years.

— Rick Perry

Actually caffeine is too hard on my system. I'm a delicate boy from Plano, Texas.

— John Benjamin Hickey

I've got one house and it's in Texas. Everything else is rentals for more.

— George Hill

We remain committed to the conference and fully anticipate that the Big 12 will honor its commitment to Texas A&M.

— R. Bowen Loftin

I have a high opinion of Andy Dalton. Going back to 2010, I think I watched every single snap he played at…

— Zac Taylor

We also did something called the Texas Peace Festival, which was actually a better gig both musically, and in the way it…

— Alvin Lee

The [EU] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal government in the…

— Jean-Claude Trichet

In Texas money goes further, with one of the lowest costs of living, one of the lightest tax burdens as a percent…

— Mark McKinnon

I'm not anorexic. I'm from Texas. Are there people from Texas that are anorexic? I've never heard of one. And that includes…

— Jessica Simpson

Texas governor Rick Perry said God is calling on him to run for President. But Michele Bachmann said that god is calling…

— Jay Leno

If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and…

— Ricky Williams

According to a study by Achieve Incorporated, Texas is the first state to make a college-prep curriculum the standard coursework in high…

— Rick Perry

I think most people assume if you're a Latino in Texas, you're Mexican. It's not really a problem, and I love so…

— Stephanie Beatriz

I'm enough of a southeast Texas boy - there's enough white trash in my blood that when somebody gives me money to…

— Rodney Crowell