Texas Quotes · Page 16

The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent.

— Dorothy Malone

People in Texas wear cowboy hats; they're good at keeping the sun off your neck and face.

— Taylor Sheridan

Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts.

— John Steinbeck

You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.

— George Carlin

I was recently designated Tweeter Laureate of Texas, which apparently is a thing.

— Don Willett

My Longhorns are registered and I am a member of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association.

— Janine Turner

In 1972, former Texas Governor John Connally led 'Democrats for Nixon.'

— Mike Gallagher

“Texas was ungodly hot. Like the circles of hell kind of hot.”

— J. Lynn

A lot of things drew me to Texas. One is the wilderness: It's pretty close to wide open spaces, which I didn't…

— Patty Griffin

While I filmed the 'Walker, Texas Ranger' series for eight and a half years, I had never had much time to read,…

— Chuck Norris

From Texas to New Hampshire and everywhere in between, we know that support for policies such as expanded background checks continue to…

— Gabrielle Giffords

I talked to my little brother, Jeb -- I haven't told this to many people. But he's the governor of -- I…

— George W. Bush

“All hat, no cattle...doing whatever it took to keep up the appearance of wealth, when in reality he is no better off…

— Lisa Kleypas

I represent the top agriculture district in Texas, and Texas is the top agriculture state in the country, so I know just…

— Ronny Jackson

My aunt in Texas, when she did the hazing things, they had girls swallow oysters. They'd wrap an oyster in dental floss,…

— Parker Posey

The president took the advice of my East Texas grandmother: If you can skin a cat without getting the room all bloody,…

— Richard Land

I spent a summer in Texas when I was eight, in Fredericksburg, which is, like, real Texas. It's, like, cowboys and stuff.…

— Alexander Skarsgard

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

— Iliza Shlesinger

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

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 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

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

“It is notorious that the news of the Emancipation Proclamation was kept from the people of Texas and not celebrated until 'Juneteenth'.…

— Christopher Hitchens

“It's hard to imagine, seeing how crowded the sky looks tonight, how far away one star is from another. Like, people, really.…

— Kathleen Kent

Truth is, I've spent much of my life trying, unsuccessfully, to explode the myths about Texas.

— Molly Ivins

People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a…

— Molly Ivins

Look, No Limit Texas Hold 'em is a game of reads, deduction and logic, and Allen Cunningham excels in each.

— Phil Hellmuth

I was born in Colorado and grew up in Pennsylvania with family in Texas and Oklahoma.

— Adam McKay

I was born in Nashville, but my whole family is from East Texas, so I consider myself a dual citizen.

— Aubrie Sellers

I came from a family in Texas who simply never spoke about money.

— Jim Parsons

I live in Texas, man. It's hard to be a vegetarian down here.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

Tobe Hooper - he did my favorite horror movie, 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre.' It's still one of my favorite horror films.

— Fred Willard

I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.

— Darrell Royal

To be beautiful in Texas, you had to be blonde and blue-eyed and have a name like Ann.

— Sarah Shahi

One thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it.

— Steven Adler

I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.

— Carroll Shelby

Many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial properties of accumulated grease.

— Calvin Trillin

I don't often get Indian girl roles because I'm 'not Indian enough.' Which is true - I'm from Texas.

— Tiya Sircar

Texas is more laid back, like Denmark is. So it was easier to adjust to that than to Los Angeles or New…

— King Diamond

Big news from last night's Republican debate, you guys. It turns out George Bush was actually the smart Texas governor.

— Jimmy Fallon