--- title: "7 Waco Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Waco quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Waco sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/joanna-gaines-21939_always_waco-is-such-a-resilient-town-this-city_36245.jpg" --- > [Waco is such a resilient town... this city has seen its fair share of hardships, but it always bounces back better and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-gaines/waco-is-such-a-resilient-town-this-city-has-seen-its-fair-share-of/) [Joanna Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-gaines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/joanna-gaines-21939_always_waco-is-such-a-resilient-town-this-city_36245.jpg) > [I didn't see any NRA officials killing babies in Waco...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-didn-t-see-any-nra-officials-killing-babies-in-waco/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/p-j-o-rourke-184_amendment_i-didn-t-see-any-nra-officials-killing-b_1770823.png) > [At Waco, was there really an urgency to get those people out of the compound at that particular time? Was the press…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/at-waco-was-there-really-an-urgency-to-get-those-people-out-of-the/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/clint-eastwood-513_agents_at-waco-was-there-really-an-urgency-to-g_2070355.jpg) > [I grew up in the Dallas Metroplex. But I spent a lot of time in Waco and then in small towns down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-majors/i-grew-up-in-the-dallas-metroplex-but-i-spent-a-lot-of-time-in-waco/) [Jonathan Majors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-majors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/jonathan-majors-11497_dallas_i-grew-up-in-the-dallas-metroplex-but-i_2349415.jpg) > [We worked with David Thibodeau, who wrote a book about Waco, on which the series is based. He's one of the nine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-riseborough/we-worked-with-david-thibodeau-who-wrote-a-book-about-waco-on-which/) [Andrea Riseborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-riseborough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/andrea-riseborough-8720_about_we-worked-with-david-thibodeau-who-wrote_2421789.jpg) > [My wife and I had watched 'Fixer Upper' so much, that was my introduction. I had this image in my mind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-rhule/my-wife-and-i-had-watched-fixer-upper-so-much-that-was-my/) [Matt Rhule](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-rhule/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/matt-rhule-26481_image_my-wife-and-i-had-watched-fixer-upper-so_2469682.jpg) > [I want to reach the Mr. Joneses and Mrs. Smiths who wouldn't give Waco a second thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-thibodeau/i-want-to-reach-the-mr-joneses-and-mrs-smiths-who-wouldn-t-give-waco/) [David Thibodeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-thibodeau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/david-thibodeau-28822_give_i-want-to-reach-the-mr-joneses-and-mrs-s_2581814.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/waco/#itemlist", "name": "Waco Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Waco is such a resilient town... this city has seen its fair share of hardships, but it always bounces back better and stronger.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joanna Gaines" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-gaines/waco-is-such-a-resilient-town-this-city-has-seen-its-fair-share-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/joanna-gaines-21939_always_waco-is-such-a-resilient-town-this-city_36245.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/joanna-gaines-21939_always_waco-is-such-a-resilient-town-this-city_36245.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/joanna-gaines-21939_always_waco-is-such-a-resilient-town-this-city_36245.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Waco is such a resilient town... this city has seen its fair share of hardships, but it always bounces back…” — Joanna Gaines", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't see any NRA officials killing babies in Waco...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "P. 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