Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form…

In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's.

— Jim Lehrer

Texas is the finest portion of the globe that has ever blessed my vision!

— Sam Houston

Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas.

— Roger Clemens

I think the University of Texas has the chance to become the finest public university in the country.

— Tom Hicks

the pyramids were built for pharaohs on the happy theory that they could take their stuff with them. Versailles was built for kings on…

— Molly Ivins

How come trying to explode myths about Texas always winds up reinforcing them?

— Molly Ivins

I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.

— Molly Ivins

Here's the deal on Texas. It's big. So big, there's about five distinct and different places here, separated from one another geologically, topographically, botanically,…

— Molly Ivins

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

— Molly Ivins

In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.

— Molly Ivins

Truth is, I've spent much of my life trying, unsuccessfully, to explode the myths about Texas.

— Molly Ivins

Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some…

— Molly Ivins

Naturally, when it comes to voting, we in Texas are accustomed to discerning that fine hair’s-breadth worth of difference that makes one hopeless dipstick…

— Molly Ivins

I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we…

— Molly Ivins

To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown.

— Molly Ivins