Always Quote by Molly Ivins Download Open image “How come trying to explode myths about Texas always winds up reinforcing them?” — Molly Ivins ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Always Myths Texas Trying Winds
the more a body tries to explode all the foolish myths that have grown up about Texas by telling the truth, the more a… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Texas is so wrapped up in myth and legend, it's hard to know what the state and its people are really about. Real Texans,… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
Truth is, I've spent much of my life trying, unsuccessfully, to explode the myths about Texas. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
There are places in this world where fable, myth, preconception, love, longing or prejudice step in and so distort a cool, clear appraisal that… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the politicians, the… — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
Texas is still resistant to Howard Johnsons, interstate highways and some forms of phoniness. It is the place least likely to become a replica… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I began to understand that all Texas is an eternal synthesis of past and present, superimposed one upon the other. It produces a feeling… — Mary Lasswell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Preemptive war is what Israel did in '67 with Arab armies on its borders. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The idols of one's adolescence tend to endure - you never forget how you worshipped them. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Even for southerners, Arkansans are amazingly friendly and extend hospitality to all strangers with astonishing openness. You couldn't find a pretension in that state… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
the pyramids were built for pharaohs on the happy theory that they could take their stuff with them. Versailles was built for kings on… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look out! They're… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
It's always great to see old friends, especially those I have not been able to see in 15 months. — William Regal Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I have really good lateral movement. I've always had quick lateral movement. — Austin Rivers Copy Share Image
There is something magical about being able to feel somebody. And that is something that has always moved me with music. — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore. 'It' has been on Earth for millions of years. He's been in contact with humans… — Andy Muschietti Copy Share Image
It's not writing in the traditional sense, but I've always said that the writing process continues on the set and even into the editing… — Robert B. Weide Copy Share Image
I always watch my matches back 100 times afterwards because that's how I improve. This is something I've always done, even in NXT. — Mandy Rose Copy Share Image
I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
