Texas Quotes · Page 19

Texas was a hotbed for professional wrestling when I was growing up.

— John Layfield

But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there.

— Thomas Haden Church

Take Texas the way Texas takes bourbon. Straight. It goes down easier.

— Edna Ferber

In Texas, we hold very dear to intrusions against our personal liberty. We fight very hard against that.

— Barack Obama

Each day in Texas, law enforcement officers keep us safe from dangers we don't have to worry about.

— George P. Bush

I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one

— Bill Moyers

I love and respect the West - you can't live in Texas and not do that.

— Joe R. Lansdale

The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in…

— Yakov Smirnoff

I got a degree in math, from not a good school in Texas, and then I went to work as a software…

— Shane Carruth

I'd love to paint our roof white - it's so hot down here in Texas! - and I'd love to have a…

— Katherine Center

Each of us is all the sums he has not counted: subtract us into the nakedness and night again, and you shall…

— Thomas Wolfe

I believe that requiring those already in Texas to obtain driver’s licenses would ensure they pass a driver’s test and meet the…

— Dan Patrick

A lot of my family is from Texas, stuff like that, so I was always in Texas, and when you grow up…

— Trae Young

The citizens of America and the citizens of Texas expect to be able to live in safety in their communities. That's what…

— Rick Perry

As a kid back home in Texas, I was followed by sales associates in stores and called derogatory names more times than…

— Marcus Smart

Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang…

— Kacey Musgraves

There are two ways that you can gain territory from another group. One is by conquest. That's essentially the way we took…

— Eugene McCarthy

Im from Tomball: Tomball, Texas. Its a small town on the northwest side of Houston. I dont think it's as country as…

— Jimmy Butler

My musical background in Tyler, Texas was quite outstanding. Uh, I grew up with, uh, with high school teachers who were in…

— Carl Gardner

I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport.…

— Dallas Roberts

I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just…

— Louis Sachar

After graduating college in 2001 with a B. A. in Political Science and Speech Communications from Texas State University - San Marcos,…

— Kesha Rogers

Anyone who watched George W. and Karl Rove while the former was governor of Texas will recognize a familiar pattern. Like much…

— Molly Ivins

I get goose-bumps when you talk about Diane Wilson. Who knows where she found that courage? When she was a child, she…

— Frances Moore Lappé

Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans.

— Ed Gillespie

I work a lot in Africa: Texas and Africa have the best sunsets on the planet, that I've ever seen.

— Taylor Kitsch

I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.

— Jeri Ryan

I take a lot of pride in being from Texas. I love all parts of Texas - even the things I hate…

— Paul Wall

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll…

— Anonymous

“Well," Jenni said with a wry smile, "at least we live in Texas, where people actually own guns and hunt.”

— Rhiannon Frater

“Jewelry, in a box this big?' I unfastened the silver latches. 'This is Texas,' Kimmie said reasonably.”

— Lisa Kleypas

“Jett Gallatin expected trouble in Alsop, Texas—but not zombies.”

— Mercedes Lackey

Texas: 32 electoral votes, another of the so-called big enchiladas or if not an enchilada at least a huge taco.

— Dan Rather

Saskatchewan is much like Texas - except it's more friendly to the United States.

— Anonymous

Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.

— Mark McKinnon

Like "soon as I land in Texas, I'mma text you later Don't take this out of context, but your ex a hater.

— Swagga Boy Los

The good teachers are bailing out. Education is very important… This should be the centerpiece on the table of Texas.

— Kinky Friedman

When I go home to Texas and get recognized a lot, that can be weird.

— Maddie Marlow

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'

— George W. Bush

Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me.

— Robin Wright