--- title: "Best Texans Quotes" description: "Browse 63 Texans quotes by 47 authors. Discover the best Texans sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/kinky-friedman-2471_chance_i-ve-achieved-many-of-my-dreams-and-i-wa_2009653.png" --- > [I've achieved many of my dreams, and I want to see that some others get a chance to, especially younger Texans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kinky-friedman/i-ve-achieved-many-of-my-dreams-and-i-want-to-see-that-some-others/) [Kinky Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kinky-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/kinky-friedman-2471_chance_i-ve-achieved-many-of-my-dreams-and-i-wa_2009653.png) > [Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/rich-poor-panhandle-gulf-city-country-texas-is-the-obsession-the/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/john-steinbeck-71_cities_rich-poor-panhandle-gulf-city-country-te_363402.jpg) > [Texans deserve a senator who represents our values, strength, courage, independence - putting Texas first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/texans-deserve-a-senator-who-represents-our-values-strength-courage/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5a/mj-hegar-11168_courage_texans-deserve-a-senator-who-represents_1059948.jpg) > [Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-davis/texas-deserves-a-leader-who-understands-that-making-education-a/) [Wendy Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/wendy-davis-10784_creates_texas-deserves-a-leader-who-understands_2517168.jpg) > [Texans - and Americans - know it all too well: our backyards should not be battlefields.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasmine-crockett/texans-and-americans-know-it-all-too-well-our-backyards-should-not-be/) [Jasmine Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasmine-crockett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa0/jasmine-crockett-6450_know_texans-and-americans-know-it-all-too-wel_2186134.jpg) > [“After all, deep in every Texan’s heart, there remains the steadfast belief that any problem can be solved with a big enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/after-all-deep-in-every-texan-s-heart-there-remains-the-steadfast/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/robert-jackson-bennett-11596_faith_after-all-deep-in-every-texan-s-heart-th_87656.jpg) > [I didn't get a pilot slot my first time trying. We Texans don't give up easy, and everything we've accomplished is just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mj-hegar/i-didn-t-get-a-pilot-slot-my-first-time-trying-we-texans-don-t-give/) [MJ Hegar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mj-hegar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/mj-hegar-11168_beginning_i-didn-t-get-a-pilot-slot-my-first-time_2035169.jpg) > [“Go figure, but Texans seem to be a lot more comfortable around disastrous house fires than they are around anal sex.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/go-figure-but-texans-seem-to-be-a-lot-more-comfortable-around/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/chuck-palahniuk-37_fires_go-figure-but-texans-seem-to-be-a-lot-mo_2555065.jpg) > [There is a special mystique to Texas. Texans represent many things to the uninitiated: We are bigger than life in our boots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/there-is-a-special-mystique-to-texas-texans-represent-many-things-to/) [Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/ann-richards-9674_acclaim_there-is-a-special-mystique-to-texas-tex_2749279.png) > [Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-bell/texas-has-a-lot-of-challenges-but-if-i-choose-to-run-i-will-talk/) [Chris Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/chris-bell-35580_about_texas-has-a-lot-of-challenges-but-if-i-c_2202345.jpg) > [I don't have a beef with Texas. I just don't think Texans know anything about basketball and they don't have a sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-whitlock/i-don-t-have-a-beef-with-texas-i-just-don-t-think-texans-know/) [Jason Whitlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-whitlock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/jason-whitlock-4873_humor_i-don-t-have-a-beef-with-texas-i-just-do_1303100.png) > [Texans are the only race of people known to anthropologists who do not depend on breeding for propagation. Like princes and lords,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-frank-dobie/texans-are-the-only-race-of-people-known-to-anthropologists-who-do/) [J. Frank Dobie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-frank-dobie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/j-frank-dobie-31325_anthropologists_texans-are-the-only-race-of-people-known_2155019.png) > [Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/texas-is-not-a-civilized-place-texans-shoot-one-another-a-lot-they/) [Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/molly-ivins-1296_bars_texas-is-not-a-civilized-place-texans-sh_153914.png) > [When Texans suffered from the collapse of the oil market in the 1980s, they could rely on the fiscal union to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austan-goolsbee/when-texans-suffered-from-the-collapse-of-the-oil-market-in-the-1980s/) [Austan Goolsbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austan-goolsbee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/austan-goolsbee-9855_collapse_when-texans-suffered-from-the-collapse-o_2266424.jpg) > [Real Texans believe in looking out for each other. We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-davis/real-texans-believe-in-looking-out-for-each-other-we-believe-in/) [Wendy Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/wendy-davis-10784_believe_real-texans-believe-in-looking-out-for-e_1356962.jpg) > [Certainly people in empty places feel they have the right to do what they want to their property and don't necessarily see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-collins/certainly-people-in-empty-places-feel-they-have-the-right-to-do-what/) [Gail Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/gail-collins-3567_appreciation_certainly-people-in-empty-places-feel-th_2809007.png) > [Texans ignore "better," long ago forgot the useless word "good." Everything in Texas is "best."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-smith/texans-ignore-better-long-ago-forgot-the-useless-word-good-everything/) [Edward Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/201/edward-smith-59845_long_texans-ignore-better-long-ago-forgot-the_732348.jpg) > [Washington shouldn't be playing political games with the paychecks of hardworking Texans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-allred/washington-shouldn-t-be-playing-political-games-with-the-paychecks-of/) [Colin Allred](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-allred/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/colin-allred-5523_games_washington-shouldn-t-be-playing-politica_2595154.jpg) > [Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-davis/real-texans-want-their-kids-to-have-the-best-education-possible-not/) [Wendy Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/wendy-davis-10784_about_real-texans-want-their-kids-to-have-the_1812134.jpg) > [I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled knowingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-h-davis/i-knew-more-about-texas-than-the-texans-and-when-they-told-me-i-would/) [Richard H. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-h-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/richard-h-davis-29523_about_i-knew-more-about-texas-than-the-texans_2591917.jpg) > [I caught a break and took an entry-level job with the Houston Texans when I was 28.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-lafleur/i-caught-a-break-and-took-an-entry-level-job-with-the-houston-texans/) [Matt LaFleur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-lafleur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/matt-lafleur-16377_break_i-caught-a-break-and-took-an-entry-level_2819849.jpg) > [Every time the Houston Texans play at home, DeAndre Hopkins' mother, Sabrina Greenlee, sits in the same spot in the end zone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mina-kimes/every-time-the-houston-texans-play-at-home-deandre-hopkins-mother/) [Mina Kimes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mina-kimes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/mina-kimes-19878_end_every-time-the-houston-texans-play-at-ho_2776204.jpg) > [Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-davis/enough-to-using-texas-as-a-political-laboratory-for-testing-far-right/) [Wendy Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff8/wendy-davis-10784_each_enough-to-using-texas-as-a-political-lab_1784891.jpg) ## Top authors on Texans - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wendy-davis-94759.jpg) Wendy Davis 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/texans/wendy-davis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/texans/#itemlist", "name": "Texans Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've achieved many of my dreams, and I want to see that some others get a chance to, especially younger Texans.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kinky Friedman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kinky-friedman/i-ve-achieved-many-of-my-dreams-and-i-want-to-see-that-some-others/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/kinky-friedman-2471_chance_i-ve-achieved-many-of-my-dreams-and-i-wa_2009653.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/kinky-friedman-2471_chance_i-ve-achieved-many-of-my-dreams-and-i-wa_2009653.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/kinky-friedman-2471_chance_i-ve-achieved-many-of-my-dreams-and-i-wa_2009653.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've achieved many of my dreams, and I want to see that some others get a chance to, especially younger…” — Kinky Friedman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Steinbeck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/rich-poor-panhandle-gulf-city-country-texas-is-the-obsession-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/john-steinbeck-71_cities_rich-poor-panhandle-gulf-city-country-te_363402.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/john-steinbeck-71_cities_rich-poor-panhandle-gulf-city-country-te_363402.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/john-steinbeck-71_cities_rich-poor-panhandle-gulf-city-country-te_363402.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate…” — John Steinbeck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Texans deserve a senator who represents our values, strength, courage, independence - 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