Texan Quotes - Page 2

• A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.

  Bill W. Clayton

  Texas, Mind, Wish

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• They say that Virginia is the mother of Texas. We never knew who the father was, but we kinda suspected Tennessee.

  Tex Ritter

  Mother, Father, Texas

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• Let me explain something you already know. I'm from Texas and we understand the nature of a border. From what I've seen, vigilant Texans are being ordered to stand down and allow criminals to pass. Mr. President, prepare to see Texans ignoring those orders.

  Tommy Lee Jones

  Texas, Order, Understanding

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• What I think I represent is a patriot who has no political baggage behind him that has dedicated his entire life to serving America and all segments of our citizenship. I think I bring an element of appeal to a very broad spectrum of Texans to include veterans, the middle class, the lower class and the Hispanic population, obviously. But, also, I think there is this leadership quality that has to be taken into consideration.

  Ricardo Sanchez

  Taken, Thinking, Political

  Source: www.texastribune.org

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• Patrick Swayze had done The Outsiders already - he was certainly the star of our class - and for a big, sexy, horseback-ridin' Texan to come over and tell me that I'm beautiful, and look me right in the eye and make me accept that there's a beauty in the characters I play meant so much to me.

  Beth Grant

  Beautiful, Sexy, Character

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

  Edward Hoagland

  People, Chosen

  Edward Hoagland (1995). “The Tugman's Passage”

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• What Texans can dream, Texans can do.

  George W. Bush

  Dream, Can Do

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• Texans ignore "better," long ago forgot the useless word "good." Everything in Texas is "best."

  Edward Smith

  Texas, Long Ago, Useless

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• First buy a cowboy hat and boots. Then you're on your way to being a Texan.

  James A. Michener

  Cowboy, Boots, Way

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• All over the world, people want to know what kind of people Texans are, and I explain that Texans are America's ideal Americans.

  Phil Gramm

  America, People, World

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• Texan is what you are, not what you were or might be.

  Robert Ruark

  Might

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• It's a Tenth Amendment issue. If you want Washington, if you want to implement their standards, that's your call... We certainly had higher standards than Common Core, so it was a very easy decision for Texans, myself and the legislature included, to basically say we still believe that Texans know how to best run Texas.

  Rick Perry

  Education, Running, Believe

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• I'm an American by birth, but I'm a Texan by the Grace of God.

  Larry Gatlin

  Grace, Birth, Grace Of God

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• People actually occupy around 3 per cent of the earth's land surface. If 1,200 square feet was given to every person in the world, they would still all fit into an area the size of Texas - whether the Texans would object is an altogether different issue!

  Michael Coren

  Squares, Texas, Land

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• I've definitely seen that Texas is certainly a right-wing area politically. I think if you talk to the average Texan, some people may still think that alternative energy is some sort of hippie mumbo-jumbo, you know. I think there's still a strong movement to continue to drill and continue to find these other sources of oil within the country.

  Jesse Metcalfe

  Country, Strong, Hippie

  "Jesse Metcalfe talks a new ‘Dallas’ generation and … methane?" by Geoff Berkshire, uproxx.com. June 13, 2012.

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• My mother is French, my father is Texan.

  Mireille Enos

  Mother, Father

  "Mireille Enos Is Killing Us". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. April 15, 2012.

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• In Rome, I really wanted an Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday experience, but the Trevi Fountain was crowded, there was a McDonald's at the base of the Spanish Steps, and the ruins smelled like cat pee because of all the strays. The same thing happened in Prague, where I'd been yearning for some of the bohemianism of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. But no, there were no fabulous artists, no guys who looked remotely like a young Daniel Day-Lewis. I saw this one mysterious-looking guy reading Sartre in a cafe, but then his cell phone rang and he started talking in aloud Texan twang.

  Gayle Forman

  Reading, Holiday, Cat

  Gayle Forman (2013). “Just One Day”, p.33, Penguin

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• I'm loyal and I think most Texans are very loyal, but I'm also stubborn.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Thinking, Stubborn, Loyal

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• I stand before you today as a disciplined conservative Texan, a committed Republican and a proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream.

  Rick Perry

  Dream, Proud, Today

  "The Deep Shame of Vancouver" by David Warren, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 19, 2011.

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• I supported Arizona's immigration law by joining in that lawsuit to defend it. Every day I have Texans on that border that are doing their job.

  Rick Perry

  Jobs, Joining In, Law

  "TRANSCRIPT: Fox News-Google GOP Debate". www.foxnews.com. September 22, 2011.

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• This may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about.. when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.

  George W. Bush

  Funny, Humor, Talking

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• Those blue eyes glinted with uncivilized suggestion. A faint smile was tucked in the corner of his wide mouth. Definitely wouldn't want to be alone in a room with that guy, I thought. His gaze moved downward in lazy inspection, returned to my face, and he gave me one of those respectful nods that Texan men had raised to an art form.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Art, Eye, Men

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• Well, you missed out on some important protocol, Ella. You can't stand between a Texan and his power tools. We like them. Big ones that drain the national grid. We also like truck-stop breakfasts, large moving objects, Monday night football, and the missionary position. We don't drink light beer, drive Smart cars, or admit to knowing the names of more than about five or six colors. And we don't wax our chests, ever.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Football, Monday, Smart

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Smooth Talking Stranger: Number 3 in series”, p.91, Hachette UK

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• I thought of telling him that if it wasn't for Oklahoman cowboys and Mexican whores having a bit of fun, there would've been no Texans, but that would be counterproductive.

  Ilona Andrews

  Fun, Cowboy, Mexican

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Magic Bites: A Special Edition of the First Kate Daniels Novel”, p.18, Penguin

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• Now let's take up the minorities in our civilisation, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes of the dog-lovers, the cat-lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons, Baptists, Unitarians, second-generation Chinese, Swedes, Italians, Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or Mexico. The people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual painters, cartographers, mechanics anywhere. The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that!

  Ray Bradbury

  Dog, Book, Cat

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