Anything Quote by Molly Ivins

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and…

— Ed Gillespie

“By the age of twenty-five, [Louis T. Wigfall] had managed to squander his considerable inheritance, settle three affairs of honor on the dueling ground,…

— Adam Goodheart

The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

— Molly Ivins

no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the U.S. of…

— Molly Ivins

How come trying to explode myths about Texas always winds up reinforcing them?

— Molly Ivins

I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.

— Molly Ivins

Here's the deal on Texas. It's big. So big, there's about five distinct and different places here, separated from one another geologically, topographically, botanically,…

— Molly Ivins

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

— Molly Ivins

In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.

— Molly Ivins

Truth is, I've spent much of my life trying, unsuccessfully, to explode the myths about Texas.

— Molly Ivins

Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some…

— Molly Ivins

Naturally, when it comes to voting, we in Texas are accustomed to discerning that fine hair’s-breadth worth of difference that makes one hopeless dipstick…

— Molly Ivins

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

To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown.

— Molly Ivins

Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.

— Phil McGraw