Texas Quotes · Page 16

“Texas… When their section had first been put together fifteen months back, they’d each been”

— John Matthews

I was kind of sheltered. I grew up in Silsbee, Texas, a town of 3,000 people.

— Mark Henry

We wrote and recorded the 'Bond' song on a tour bus in Texas.

— Finneas

I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

— Ann Richards

It got to the point the last time, at Texas, where every loss was a tragedy and every win was exhaling.

— Mack Brown

I follow Texas A&M very closely, having worked with the SEC Network.

— Booger McFarland

My wife is a midwife, and there's only so many states where you can do that. Texas is a place where she…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I grew up in Texas, and I think anybody who grows up in the Midwest or in the South, it's just a…

— Haylie Duff

I don't want to look like Connecticut, no offense, I don't want to look like Oklahoma, I don't want to look like…

— Rick Perry

There is certainly a strong game development community in Texas, centered around Austin, with a significant additional contingency coming over from Dallas.

— Jennifer Pahlka

Texas hold 'em is all about folding and waiting for that time that comes up every hour or two where you actually…

— David Einhorn

You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I…

— Patrick Swayze

Apparently, on New Texas, killing a politician was not malum in se, and was mallum prohibitorum only to the extent that what…

— H. Beam Piper

Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We…

— Bear Bryant

I grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and went to a big high school called Douglas McArthur where there was a lot…

— Norah O'Donnell

The Texas thing is such a big deal because whenever I see Texas in a TV show, they always show slow-moving cattle…

— Cristela Alonzo

It used to be that I could talk to someone in Texas and nobody would hear about it. Now, the moment I…

— Paul Reed Smith

Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it's hardly tax-free. The…

— Gail Collins

Mexico is an important trading partner, it's the number one trading partner for the state of Texas. We have had dealings with…

— Rick Perry

Every individual who participated in the redistricting process knew that incumbency protection was a critical factor in producing the bizarre lines. ...…

— John Paul Stevens

I'm about the styles, I'm not really about the belt. A lot of people love the belt. I'm like, I got plenty…

— Kevin Holland

Since 2006, we have surpassed Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California in oil production to become the second largest oil-producing state in the…

— John Hoeven

Making sure every child can read, making sure that we encourage faith-based organizations ... when it comes to helping neighbors in need,…

— George W. Bush

The reality is that our military presence on foreign soil is as offensive to the people that live there as armed Chinese…

— Ron Paul

The number of starting quarterbacks in the NFL from Texas speaks for itself.

— Andy Dalton

I want to go back to North Carolina to do what I started to do in coaching, Not what it got to…

— Mack Brown

As a very young man growing up in Texas, usually I got a shotgun or cowboy boots for Christmas.

— Robert Wilson

I have friends, I'm from Texas originally, and they follow me and they keep up with what I'm doing.

— Kirby Bliss Blanton

I'm always going to live in Texas. Texas is my home - it'll be my home forever.

— Kelly Clarkson

But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.

— Eli Wallach

I guess you can't really turn a camera on outside in Texas without getting Terrence Malick comparisons.

— David Lowery

Imagine Texas as a blue state: how hard it would be to carry the presidency or gain control of the Senate.

— Jeb Bush

“He was the deadliest man in Texas, on that they all agreed.”

— James Carlos Blake

I enjoyed the Bradshaw character - the beer-drinking character from Texas. It was just fun.

— John Layfield

When I was 9 years old, I started performing around my hometown of San Antonio, Texas.

— Ally Brooke

When Rick Perry says I can do for America what I've done for Texas, pay attention. That's no idle threat.

— Jim Hightower

I grew up in Texas City, which sounds like a fake city from a TV show.

— Edi Patterson

Any strikeout record worth having is in a Texas pitcher's pocket. I might come join them one day.

— Josh Beckett

Texas is dicktown. No basement in the alamo. I didnt capitalize that on purpose.

— CM Punk

Actually, I dare to say there's better Mexican food in Texas than in California.

— Melissa Barrera