Texas Quotes

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

Adults, States, Perversion

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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

Mind, Obsession, States

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

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Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States cannot make it without Texas

Sam Houston

United States, States, United

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I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.

Willie Nelson

Reason

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In Texas, we have the death penalty, and we use it. That's right. If you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill you back.

Ron White

Use, Death Penalty, Penalties

Ron White (2007). “I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability”, p.170, Penguin

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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, Virginia

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I've traveled all over the world, but I don't think there is any place better than Texas.

Red Adair

Thinking, World, Traveled

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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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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, Natural, Advantage

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

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For most Northerners, Texas is the home of real men. The cowboys, the rednecks, the outspoken self-made right-wing millionaires strike us as either the best or worst examples of American manliness.... The ideal is not an illusion nor is it contemptible, no matter what damage it may have done. Many people who scorn it in conversation want to submit to it in bed. Those who believe machismo reeks of violence alone choose to forget it once stood for honor as well.

Edmund White

Real, Believe, Home

1980 States of Desire: Travels in Gay America, ch.5.

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There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

George W. Bush

Funny, Stupid, Humorous

"Political Gaffes to Spark Any Party". Interview with John Ydstie, www.npr.org. November 5, 2006.

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

George W. Bush

Wisdom, Swag, Looks

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

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Texas is the finest portion of the globe that has ever blessed my vision!

Sam Houston

Blessed, Vision, Finest

Sam Houston (1941). “The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863: 1824-1854”

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Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.

Janis Joplin

People, Want, Down And

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

Sam Houston

May, Oppression, Submission

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During the cold war, West Berlin was an exclave - a tiny outpost of liberalism surrounded by people who want to crush it. It was like Austin, Texas.

Craig Ferguson

Crush, War, People

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Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak.

Larry McMurtry

Degenerates, Eating, Steak

Larry McMurtry (1983). “In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas”

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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

Mind, Wish, World

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As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

Molly Ivins

Office, Political, Ems

Molly Ivins (1992). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, Vintage

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

John Steinbeck

America, Stronger, Texan

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

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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

Expectations, Office, Political

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I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit.

Barbara Jordan

Feelings, Want, Limits

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

Phil Gramm

Thinking, Think Big, Bigs

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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

Done, Lines, Want

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A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.

John Steinbeck

Texan, Foreigners

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

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