Texas Quotes · Page 9

I have a theory that most people in Hollywood are from Texas.

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

“New Mexico, New Jersey, New Hampshire; there isn't a New Texas because we got it right the first time." -Donna Irwin”

— Donna Irwin

The thing about Texas is that it's a little larger than life.

— Lauren Shuler Donner

Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.

— Rick Perry

I was also fortunate that I was raised in a part of the world, West Texas, where individualism is strong.

— George W. Bush

I love Texas, I can't wait in a couple of days to be home to the great state.

— Ted Cruz

“I feel like I've been ironing all day in high heels and no brassiere. ~Tizzy Donovan, Laid Out and Candle Lit”

— Ann Everett

In me, the Texas agriculture community will always have a trusted friend and vocal ally.

— Ronny Jackson

“Imogene Duckworthy did not like pigs. She was fairly fond of cattle, having grown up surrounded by them. She hadn't been around…

— Kaye George

The first time I watched 'Paris, Texas' was the first time I was emotional over a film. It's just aching with vulnerability.

— Jenna Ortega

In Dallas, life is a little slower. It's a little more day-to-day routine. It's just a simpler life. At the end of…

— Josh Henderson

I got southern roots from Texas all the way to Louisiana, went to Grambling State back in the day, my whole career…

— E-40

I support secure borders both north and south and I support a guest worker program for those here today illegally. Labor and…

— David Dewhurst

The House Armed Services Committee is critically important not only to America's security and future, but also to the people of Texas'…

— Ronny Jackson

Texas is my mind's country, that place I most want to understand and record and preserve. Four generations of my people sleep…

— Larry L. King

From a scientific point of view, it's hard for me to understand why someone in the Texas Panhandle should not have access…

— Bill Foster

You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're…

— Truman Capote

“But that’s the thing about East Texas. Red dirt never quite washes out, and pine pollen is tenacious as original sin. You…

— Markham Shaw Pyle

The law exists for lots of reasons. In the case of migration, the law exists to maintain the integrity of America. We…

— Rush Limbaugh

I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned…

— Pat Gillick

Back in East Texas, all three networks have stations in my hometown of Tyler, and for a town that small, 85,000, to…

— Louie Gohmert

Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole…

— Dan Rather

I remember being interested in theater when I was in school, but I wasn't always engaged in making it a career. I…

— Candice Patton

I was speaking on the radio in South Texas [in 2016], and I was speaking to Hispanics, and I said 'You know,…

— Rafael Cruz

George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent…

— Peter Jennings

Being from Texas, I didn't know anything about gangsters and people like that, I had no fear of people.

— Carl Gardner

Everybody thinks the Bushes are from Texas. I've been there twice.

— Billy Bush

I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring.

— Jim Evans

On the music side, I'm a cross between maybe that Texas songwriter and that Tom Petty feel.

— Bryan Hayes

North Texas is by far the most serious minded jazz program I have encountered.

— Dave Liebman

Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans

— John Steinbeck

I wrestled a lot in Texas at Anarchy Championship Wrestling.

— Daffney

Everything I ever will be is because of Texas A&M University.

— John Sharp

Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last year alone.

— Richard Linklater

In L.A. everyone is an actor. In Texas, everyone's a musician.

— Minka Kelly

Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas.

— Roger Clemens

Texas Red is about the biggest blues hellraiser you'll ever meet...

— Bob Corritore

I love Texans. And Texas is clearly the crown jewel of Super Tuesday.

— Ted Cruz

As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture.

— Tommy Lee Jones

Rap game Julio Franco, Chuck Norris, Texas Ranger/ Ice on my fingers look like I slap-boxed a penguin.

— Riff Raff