Oklahoma Quotes

• I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American.

  J. C. Watts

  Ethos, Littles, Grew Up

  "What Color Is a Conservative?". abcnews.go.com.

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• Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.

  Brad Henry

  Resilience, Stronger, Woven

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• When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, California, States

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• Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has.

  Edna Ferber

  States, Happened

  Edna Ferber (1962). “Show Boat ; So Big ; Cimarron: Three Living Novels of American Life”

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• With the exception of my wife and children, there's nothing I value more than my Oklahoma heritage.

  James Garner

  Children, Wife, Heritage

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• Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.

  Brad Henry

  Mean, Adversity, Compassion

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• I've spent most of my life living in cities where people are obsessed with looking down on people from everywhere else. You get so used to doing it that you start to believe it's simply what everyone does. It makes for an atmosphere of unwelcome that penetrates much of our modern life. It's a shame really because a couple days in Oklahoma will open your eyes to how much better it would be if the rest of the country was filled with a few more people from Oklahoma.

  Adam Duritz

  Country, Couple, Believe

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• I'm from Oklahoma. I mean, you can't have good hair in Oklahoma. That's why everyone wears hats. The wind just messes it up.

  Ronnie Dunn

  Mean, Hair, Wind

  "20 Questions With Brooks & Dunn". The CMT Interview, www.cmt.com. October 19, 2004.

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• Oklahoma
  Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain.

  Oscar Hammerstein II

  Wind

  "Oklahoma!" (song) (1943)

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• Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

  Reba McEntire

  Jobs, Growing Up, Hard Work

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• I love eating at Sonic with my family in Oklahoma. And no, I'm not kidding.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Eating, My Family

  "Actress dreams of Rome — and eating at Sonic". Interview with Jae-Ha Kim, www.chicagotribune.com. September 6, 2011.

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• I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

  Patti Page

  Kids, Singers, Wanted

  " Patti Page, singer of Tennessee Waltz, dies at 85", www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2013.

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• I love writing about Oklahoma. I love writing Oklahoma characters; I love playing Southwestern characters.

  Tim Blake Nelson

  Writing, Character

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• We must give Oklahoma families the opportunity to thrive and prosper. We must give all Oklahomans the tools necessary to pursue the American dream. And then, we must get out of the way.

  Brad Henry

  Dream, Opportunity, Giving

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• People don't know what it means to be champions. Oklahoma invented it.

  Barry Switzer

  Mean, People, Champion

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• We don't have milk cows. People have so many stereotypes of people from where I come from - Oklahoma. We don't ride around in covered wagons, either.

  Carrie Underwood

  People, Cows, Milk

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• Are there any swamps in Oklahoma? Yes, there is. It's called Tulsa.

  Bobby Heenan

  Tulsa, Swamps

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• My favorite musical? I don't. It changes all the time. I'm just a diehard, I'm totally old school, like I'll sit and watch, if they are re-doing Oklahoma in New York, I will be the first one there.

  Trey Parker

  New York, School, Musical

  Interview with Jeff Onto, www.ign.com. May 12, 2005.

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• I'll keep us out of war with Oklahoma!

  Kinky Friedman

  War

  "Why Can't Campaigns be Good for a Laugh?" by Steve Chapman, www.realclearpolitics.com. November 02, 2006.

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• Oklahoma is the cultural center of the universe.

  Hoyt Axton

  Center Of The Universe, Universe

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• When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.

  Darrell Royal

  Sports, Games, Freshman

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• I want my permanent address to be in Oklahoma. Someday, when I get married and I have kids, that's where I want to raise my kids.

  Carrie Underwood

  Kids, Addresses, Want

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• For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to reach their God-given potential, and to have good jobs right here in Oklahoma.

  Brad Henry

  Jobs, Children, Opportunity

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• If you don't like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute and it'll change.

  Will Rogers

  Weather, Waiting, Minutes

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• Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom. Now think about it. Think about that issue. How is it that that's happened to us?

  Tom Coburn

  Girl, School, Thinking

  "Coburn Warns of 'Lesbianism' in Schools". www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2004.

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