Texas Quotes · Page 13

I take a lot of pride in being from Texas. I love all parts of Texas - even the things I hate…

— Paul Wall

“Jett Gallatin expected trouble in Alsop, Texas—but not zombies.”

— Mercedes Lackey

“Jewelry, in a box this big?' I unfastened the silver latches. 'This is Texas,' Kimmie said reasonably.”

— Lisa Kleypas

Each day in Texas, law enforcement officers keep us safe from dangers we don't have to worry about.

— George P. Bush

In Texas, we hold very dear to intrusions against our personal liberty. We fight very hard against that.

— Barack Obama

I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one

— Bill Moyers

Take Texas the way Texas takes bourbon. Straight. It goes down easier.

— Edna Ferber

But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there.

— Thomas Haden Church

When we don't fund Child Protective Services, there are consequences for all of us. Violence manifests itself. Mental health services in Texas…

— David Atwood

As a kid back home in Texas, I was followed by sales associates in stores and called derogatory names more times than…

— Marcus Smart

Those who have followed my writing know that I don't think Wendy Davis has a very good chance of being elected governor…

— Harry Enten

I felt that I didn't get a fair chance at Texas Tech to compete, for an assortment of reasons, but reasons I…

— Davis Webb

Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang…

— Kacey Musgraves

When I was 11, I went to space camp at the Space Center in Texas, near where I grew up. There, I…

— Steve Jurvetson

I couldn't get out of my mind how miserable I'd been at the end of 10-win seasons. I'd gone from passion to…

— Mack Brown

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

— Dave Brubeck

“Those were comfortable, carefree years. The word I’d use now is idyllic. On Friday nights, we cheered on the Bulldogs of Midland…

— George W. Bush

I'm deeply in love with my wife, and she's my best friend, and yet we share different viewpoints of life, which I…

— David Small

“Special Agent Brad Wolgast hated Texas. He hated everything about it. [...] He hated the billboards and the freeways and the faceless…

— Justin Cronin

I had a happy, dramafree youth, growing up in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. The only thing that was slightly unusual…

— Jeff Dunham

We have seen a man dragged to death in Texas simply because he was black. A young man murdered in Wyoming simply…

— William J. Clinton

I love Texas. Even if I am a little bit famous or a little bit popular... You go to places where you're…

— Winona Ryder

Year after year, author/historian William Loren Katz continues to mine the lodestone of Black culture, and it is simply amazing how often…

— Herb Boyd

I learned this one growing up in Texas and, subsequently, living in Los Angeles: always use the 'usted' form when speaking to…

— Iliza Shlesinger

The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in…

— Yakov Smirnoff

I love and respect the West - you can't live in Texas and not do that.

— Joe R. Lansdale

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

— Sam Houston

The University of Texas was very good to Will Muschamp and my family.

— Will Muschamp

Being from Texas, I would say I favor a pair of jeans you can wear some boots with.

— Jensen Ackles

When I get ready to explain homemade fascism in America, I can take my example from the state capitol of Texas.

— J. Frank Dobie

Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys are simply the best band that ever was.

— George Strait

Texas was a hotbed for professional wrestling when I was growing up.

— John Layfield

George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman

— Donella Meadows

I grew up in a refinery town in Texas, and we weren't fancy enough to have a McDonald's.

— John Lee Hancock

My father grew up in West Texas, in Lubbock, and I've got family here, and I grew up a Dallas Cowboy fan…

— Matt Cassel

I'm born and raised in Houston, Texas, but Wisconsin is always going to be a home for me, and I'll always be…

— Donald Driver

That's what happens when it snows in Texas lady. It. Freaking. Melts.

— Rick Riordan

The CHIPS Act is proof that when we work together we can do big things for Texas and our nation.

— Colin Allred

By 1899, we had learned to tame the darkness but not the Texas heat.

— Jacqueline Kelly

I made it from Paris, Texas, to Paris on the Strip. Who else can say that?

— Shangela