Texan Quotes

• The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.

  Joseph Heller

  Three, Be Good, Generous

  Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• A man from Iowa or Illinois will say 'I'm from the Middle West'..a Georgian or a Mississipian may admit to being merely a Southerner...but no Texan, given the opportunity, ever said otherwise than 'I'm from Texas'.

  J. Frank Dobie

  Opportunity, Men, Illinois

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• Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!

  Robert E. Lee

  War, Soldier, Alabama

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• 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, Mind, Obsession

  "Travels With Charley: In Search of America". Book by John Steinbeck, Part 4, 1962.

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• All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men.

  Sam Houston

  Men, Second Chance, Texas

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

  John Steinbeck

  Thinking, Texas, Mind

  John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.125, Penguin

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• If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell.

  Philip Sheridan

  War, Texas, Hell

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• Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans.

  John Steinbeck

  Country, Texas, Cities

  John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.125, Penguin

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• Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America.

  John Steinbeck

  Texas, America, Stronger

  John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.125, Penguin

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• I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

  Ann Richards

  Texas, Size, Notion

  Ann Richards, Peter Knobler (1989). “Straight from the heart: my life in politics and other places”, Simon & Schuster

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• Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'

  George W. Bush

  Wisdom, Texas, Swag

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 2 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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• I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend to be very Texcentric.

  Molly Ivins

  Thinking, Characteristics, Mankind

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  Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages.

  Sam Houston

  Country, Texas, Natural

  Sam Houston (1940). “The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863”

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  I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world. The best land and the best prospects for health I ever saw, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here. There is a world of country here to settle.

  Davy Crockett

  Country, Believe, Cowboy

  Letter to his children, January 09, 1836.

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• I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.

  Sam Houston

  Texas, Strife, Bloodshed

  Sam Houston (1943). “The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863: 1825-1863”

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• I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big

  Phil Gramm

  Thinking, Texas, Think Big

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• 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 slightly less awful than the other. But it does raise the question: Why bother?

  Molly Ivins

  Hair, Texas, Differences

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• I done drew the line. Just like the Alamo. You're either on one side of the line or the other. I don't want to ever leave Texas again.

  Bum Phillips

  Texas, Done, Lines

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• Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.

  Sam Houston

  Texas, May, Oppression

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• In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.

  Sam Houston

  Texas, Names, Civil War

  Sam Houston (1943). “The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863: 1825-1863”

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• A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.

  John Steinbeck

  Texas, Foreigners

  John Steinbeck (2012). “Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.255, Penguin

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• The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

  Robert E. Lee

  Enemy

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• I think Texans have more fun than the rest of the world

  Tommy Tune

  Fun, Thinking, Texas

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• You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Texas, Execution

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• If you've ever driven across Texas, you know how different one area of the state can be from another. Take El Paso. It looks as much like Dallas as I look like Jack Nicklaus

  Lee Trevino

  Texas, Dallas, Different

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