Texas Quotes · Page 19

President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.

— Bianca Jagger

Texas is a fine place for men and dogs, but hell on women and horses.

— Molly Ivins

In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's.

— Jim Lehrer

Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.

— Sam Houston

Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.

— Dan Rather

We must regain Texas, peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.

— Andrew Jackson

When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York.

— Ezra G. Levin

I want to fight the wussification of the State of Texas. I want to rise and shine and bring back the glory.

— Kinky Friedman

After the Texas Playboys and during that time, I had this band in college that I was in called Thrift Store Cowboys.…

— Amanda Shires

Representative Al Edwards' pivotal role in establishing Juneteenth as a State holiday in Texas illustrates the political progress and celebration of African…

— Al N. Green

Humanism is not alive and well in Texas. Different colors and types of Texans do not like one another, nor do they…

— Molly Ivins

I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good…

— Abraham Lincoln

Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they…

— Stephen Ambrose

Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that.

— Ricky Williams

I had done a lot of running in 'Texas Chainsaw' and sword-fighting in 'Percy Jackson,' which taught me to fall properly.

— Alexandra Daddario

Well, when Christ comes back this time, I hope He comes back mad His own self. I hope He drives the Jim…

— Langston Hughes

Well, we have a crisis along the Mexican border right now, a state of emergency as declared by a bipartisan group of…

— Henry Bonilla

And, Bruce and I are pretty close as well. We're both from Texas and we both understand each other. When I'm having…

— Angie Harmon

My first encounter with yoga was in 1969 with my older brother Doug. I was thirteen years old, and he was eighteen.…

— David F. Swensen

If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans…

— John Podesta

I got an English degree in college and then went to law school because I didn't know what else to do. I…

— John Lee Hancock

“I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique…

— John Steinbeck

“If I may be permitted to liken America to the human body, then I think it is fair to say that California…

— Jeremy Clarkson

When I was 11 years old, I was bullied. It mainly started when I moved to California to pursue my dreams of…

— Raini Rodriguez

The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas.

— George W. Bush

I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.

— Kinky Friedman

When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas.

— Rick Perry

How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?

— Kinky Friedman

I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.

— Willie Nelson

The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other.

— Roger Clemens

I'm from Paris, Texas, okay! I remember looking up and just dreaming to one day make it on an airplane.

— Shangela

Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.

— Sam Donaldson

I've got a Caribbean soul I can barely control, and some Texas hidden here in my heart!

— Jimmy Buffett

There's no question about the fact that for Democrats, Texas is a tough place.

— Marc Veasey

I grew up in trailer houses in New Mexico, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

— Ronnie Dunn

I guess what led to me writing 'Holes' was having moved to Texas in 1991, and it was sort of my reaction…

— Louis Sachar

I am a Cajun Baby in a Texas girl, an all-American woman and a global goddess

— Erin Cummings

When I started out, I was a basketball player at Texas Wesleyan University.

— The Undertaker

When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm like, 'I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.

— Amaury Nolasco

I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled knowingly.

— Richard H. Davis