To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Naturally, when it comes to voting, we in Texas are accustomed to discerning that fine hair’s-breadth worth of difference that makes one… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Truth is, I've spent much of my life trying, unsuccessfully, to explode the myths about Texas. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
How come trying to explode myths about Texas always winds up reinforcing them? — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough! — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In order to understand why George W. Bush doesn't get it, you have to take several strands of common Texas attitude, then… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Humanism is not alive and well in Texas. Different colors and types of Texans do not like one another, nor do they… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Texas is still resistant to Howard Johnsons, interstate highways and some forms of phoniness. It is the place least likely to become… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Racists seem obsessed by the idea that illegal workers - the hardest-working, poorest people in America - are somehow getting away with… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention." [ Shrub Flubs… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Every two years, one of the most hotly contested elections in Texas is the poll taken among members of the capitol press… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I learned two things growing up in Texas. 1: God loves you, and you're going to burn in hell forever. 2: Sex… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Preemptive war is what Israel did in '67 with Arab armies on its borders. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The idols of one's adolescence tend to endure - you never forget how you worshipped them. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Even for southerners, Arkansans are amazingly friendly and extend hospitality to all strangers with astonishing openness. You couldn't find a pretension in that state… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look out! They're… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
