America Quote by Joe R. Lansdale

Texas is a country in its own. It's made up of half Mexico/half United States but completed mixed. I don't mean to draw a…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all else, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word.

— John Steinbeck

Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States.

— Don Baylor

It's not an exaggeration to say that Texas gets a lot more out of being part of the United States than the United States…

— H. W. Brands

“I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating…

— John Steinbeck

Texas kind of operates as if we're our own little country.

— MJ Hegar

I'm South American, and growing up in New York, I had the total stereotypical way of thinking of what Texas was about. I'm like,…

— Paula Garces

All over the world, people want to know what kind of people Texans are, and I explain that Texans are America's ideal Americans.

— Phil Gramm

This is America. We’re entitled to our opinions.” “Wrong. This is Texas. And my opinion is the only one that counts.

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

A lot of people have had good discussions about what it means to be American, and we need to broaden our definition.

— Lee Isaac Chung

Texas is a great state. It's the 'Old Man River' of states. No matter who runs it or what happens to it politically, it…

— Will Rogers

To me, Texas is Austin, a bunch of cool people trying to make a difference.

— Bill Hicks