I think of Texas as the laboratory for bad government.

Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.

— Molly Ivins

Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans

— John Steinbeck

I think that Texas is forever ruined unless the citizens make a manly, energetic effort to save themselves from anarchy and confusion, which are…

— William B. Travis

A lot of actors talk about how much they love the people they work with, and that's true, to a certain extent, but Texas…

— Tania Raymonde

Look, I still think Texas is a - is a red state. It's going to continue to be a red state. I think as…

— Brad Parscale

I just think Texas and that whole Bible Belt section is so, like, corporate. And I don't agree with organized religion in that respect.

— Hunter Parrish

New Yorkers have their own way of speaking, their own tempo, and Texans are a lot like that. As much as you think Texas…

— Jerry Jeff Walker

Of the many 'firsts' with which I have been involved at the Texas Heart Institute —including the first successful human heart transplant in the…

— Denton Cooley

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