Money Quote by Lisa Kleypas

“Son, not everbody thinks that life on a cattle ranch in west Texas is the second best thing to dyin and goin to heaven.”

— Cormac McCarthy

“Texas’s main exports are cotton, oil, and preachers.”

— Sam Torode

“Texas’s main exports are cotton, oil, and preachers. Why”

— Sam Torode

“Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention." [ Shrub Flubs His Dub…

— Molly Ivins

“In Texas, two things are cherished above all else- football and gossip.”

— Cora Carmack

“They couldn't very well bag everyone wearing a cowboy hat. This was Texas, which meant there'd be plenty of hats, and besides, there was…

— J. Fally

Texas is rich in unredeemed dreams

— Larry McMurtry

“The road to wealth is sown with false starts and failures that should in no way discourage the poor who make good or our…

— Roberto Bolaño

“Nothing humbles a rich man better than a poor man that isn’t willing to do ‘anything’ for money.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You should be a billionaire, Randy. Thank god you're not." "Why do you say that?" "Oh, because then you'd be a highly intelligent man…

— Neal Stephenson

“The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.”

— Capt. Jean-Luc Picard

“Special Agent Brad Wolgast hated Texas. He hated everything about it. [...] He hated the billboards and the freeways and the faceless subdivisions and…

— Justin Cronin