Texas Quotes · Page 8

To me, Texas is Austin, a bunch of cool people trying to make a difference.

— Bill Hicks

I went from Lubbock, Texas, to Berkeley, California. That's enough said.

— Davis Webb

If we can make Washington more like Texas, the whole country will be a winner.

— John Cornyn

“Taxes and Texas—they have the same letters, but only one can go to hell.”

— Jarod Kintz

I love cooking fajitas. I'm from Texas, and it's not a difficult thing to do, but a lot of people burn the…

— Vinnie Paul

It's a great group of people here at Texas A&M, and everybody you run into is incredibly polite.

— Johnny Manziel

“I'd learned how to handle a gun before I was fully potty trained.”

— Diane Kelly

There is no price tag on an American life - whether it's in Florida, Texas, or Puerto Rico.

— Tom Perez

This no longer a state of mind it's a reality, this is the beginning of an opportunity that hasn't presented itself in…

— Florence Shapiro

Most of the international acceptance of jazz education can be traced to the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, and the wonderful…

— Dave Brubeck

I'm very confident, that I'm going to be able to deliver better leadership to Texas than John Cornyn does - more reflective…

— MJ Hegar

To the hardworking men and women of Texas' 13th Congressional District, I cannot thank you enough for trusting me to be your…

— Ronny Jackson

Texas governor Rick Perry has been in the race only three days, and he's already blowing away the competition like it is…

— Stephen Colbert

Events in the early 1990s in New York City, Texas, and Florida appear to have raised, in the eyes of CBS News,…

— Harold O. J. Brown

I want us to know our world. If I lived in North Georgia on up through the Appalachians, I would be just…

— Lady Bird Johnson

A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over…

— Bill W. Clayton

Yes, (Bush is a) racist. We all knew that but the world is only finding it out now. As Texas's governor, Bush…

— Danny Glover

My first audition was for Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life.' These casting directors came through Texas, and they recruited somewhere around…

— Tye Sheridan

Now, in Texas, we believe in the rugged individual. Texas may be the one place where people actually still have bootstraps, and…

— Julian Castro

I think the craziest thing I heard, and this guy's not even nominated, he's from Texas...he said there's no reason that women…

— Lizz Winstead

We opened the first Men's Wearhouse in Houston in August 1973, then a store a year for 10 years in Texas. In…

— George Zimmer

“I'm often asked why there is such a great variation among sentences imposed by Texas judges. I can only quote the Texas…

— Percy Foreman

She dug in her backpack, found her cell phone, and checked for coverage. It was kind of lame in Morganville, truthfully, out…

— Rachel Caine

I grew up in the city in Houston, Texas. We lived in three or four different places around Houston for most of…

— B. J. Thomas

Texas and Florida - they can kind of be their own countries at times. Some people just like to do their own…

— Alex Caruso

Between Ron Paul and Rick Perry, I think the lesson is don't get sick in Texas.

— Bill Maher

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

— Jessica Savitch

That's right, you're not from Texas. But Texas wants you anyways.

— Lyle Lovett

I grew up in a pretty small town in Texas, population 8,000, and we had a lot of open spaces.

— George Eads

Took your car, drove to Texas. Sorry honey, but I suspected, you and I can't cry anymore.

— Sheryl Crow

I have a good fan base in Texas. It's almost like a second home.

— Mikey Garcia

My wife, Ashley, is a West Texan, a graduate of Abilene Cooper Public High School and the University of Texas.

— Brett Kavanaugh

I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really love riding…

— Jackson Rathbone

I grew up in the Philippines and I moved to the U.S. - to Texas - when I was a teenager.

— Bella Poarch

In Texas, it's legal for a kid to be in a bar with your parents.

— Maren Morris

The Neanderthals in Texas have one thing that Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi don't have, and that's called common sense.

— Ronny Jackson

I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and…

— Wendy Davis

In Texas it's always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the sky.

— Piper Perabo

This is America. We’re entitled to our opinions.” “Wrong. This is Texas. And my opinion is the only one that counts.

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Texas is not really a red state - it's just a non-voting state.

— Wendy Davis