I remember I was very taken with a book called DreamTigers by [Jorge Luis] Borges. He was at the University of Texas,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Surrounded by a sweltering state known for its staunch conservatism, Austin is an oasis. It's home to the University of Texas, which… — Andrew Zimmern Copy Share Image
I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate. Given the choice between being reviled… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
One day, when I was still living at home, a friend told 'Texas' Jean Valli about me. She was originally from Syracuse,… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
In the late 19th century there was a major union organization, Knights of Labor, and also a radical populist movement based on… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is very certain that the strong British race which has now overrun much of this continent, must also overrun [Texas], and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them… — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
I still recall the first time I laid eyes on Ric. Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch were wrestling, at the time, in… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I stand before you as the governor of Texas but also stand before you the son of two tenant farmers. Ray Perry… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
My husband and I were married in May 2007 on a sprawling rent-a-ranch in the Texas Hill Country. On the drive from… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
The system in which I came up in was that every territory had to have a black, a white... if you went… — Rocky Johnson Copy Share Image
Certainly there was the Affordable Care Act part, then unaccompanied children [there has been a surge of children entering the country illegally… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
Every spring, this country will be reminded of the Lady from Texas. As trees bloom and flowers carpet our nation's capital, Lady… — David Mixner Copy Share Image
Honestly, I personally would prefer to have my name not mentioned alongside codifiers, like 'white rapper' or things like that, because the… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
I'll never lose my roots. I think I'm too close to my family for that. I still make my trip back to… — Andy Roddick Copy Share Image
For most Northerners, Texas is the home of real men. The cowboys, the rednecks, the outspoken self-made right-wing millionaires strike us as… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
One nice thing about the benefit of long experience with la frontera is that we in Texas don't have to run around… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Once I was in Texas, where they had this thing called Ralph the Swimming Pig. You went into a theater and you… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I live part-time in a cabin in Colorado up in the mountains and part-time on a ranch in central Texas - but… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
I'm often asked why I left politics and went to Halliburton and I explain that I reached the point where I was… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
All anyone needs to enjoy the state legislature is a strong stomach and a complete insensitivity to the needs of the people.… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in… — Natalie Maines Copy Share Image
I don’t know what the future of my career holds, but I know that whatever is over the horizon, the road I’ve… — Wil Wheaton Copy Share Image
Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can't be adding to them yourself by saying you can… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
Two thousand miles, Rachel,” he said tightly, and I guessed that no, it didn’t violate the rules of whatever he was doing… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
DeFrantz's study...is not the first book about the protean Ailey, who was born in hardscrabble Texas in 1931 and died in 1989… — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
Yes, (Bush is a) racist. We all knew that but the world is only finding it out now. As Texas's governor, Bush… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
My first audition was for Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life.' These casting directors came through Texas, and they recruited somewhere around… — Tye Sheridan Copy Share Image
If people want to get to know me better, they've got to know my parents and the values my parents instilled in… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
And, you know, I watched him in Texas where he stood on his principle but he also reached out to members of… — Karen Hughes Copy Share Image
I was under contract with Walt Disney at the time. I was co-starring in my second season of a show called, Texas… — Betty Lynn Copy Share Image
I love L.A. It was an awesome place to spend my 20s, full of creative people, but I never wanted to stay… — Scoot McNairy Copy Share Image
“We're an easy target for remarks about crossing the border and turning the clock back fifteen years, or a hundred. We're a… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
Years ago, while I was watching a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers, I remember staring in awe… — Ron White Copy Share Image
Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time… — A. J. Liebling Copy Share Image
I'm originally from Dallas, Texas, where Bonnie and Clyde were from, so when I was a little kid, my grandfather used to… — Lane Garrison Copy Share Image
(On winning the 800 meters in front of the home fans) I was really excited to come back here. Of course you… — Leonel Manzano Copy Share Image
You know, I wanted to be a part of the infrastructure and transportation committee because of our incredible growth here in North… — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
Well, of course the general idea was dreamed up by the advertising agency and so my job was to realize that. And… — Haskell Wexler 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
![“I remember I was very taken with a book called DreamTigers by [Jorge Luis] Borges. He was at the University of Texas, Austin, and they collected some of his writings and put them in a little collection. It's called DreamTigers in English, but it doesn't exist in Spanish. It's a little sampler. But…” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/466/sandra-cisneros-862_austin_i-remember-i-was-very-taken-with-a-book_2635005.jpg)
![“It is very certain that the strong British race which has now overrun much of this continent, must also overrun [Texas], and Mexico and Oregon also, and it will in the course of ages be of small import by what particular occasions and methods it was done.” quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/792/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_age_it-is-very-certain-that-the-strong-briti_2491802.jpg)
![“Certainly there was the Affordable Care Act part, then unaccompanied children [there has been a surge of children entering the country illegally and without parents, particularly in Texas], and things like, we find smallpox in an NIH lab, after 50 years? Why didn't you find it, like, five weeks…” quote by Sylvia Mathews Burwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cf4/sylvia-mathews-burwell-15780_affordable_certainly-there-was-the-affordable-care_1069584.jpg)
