Texas Quotes - Page 3

• 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

  Names, Civil War, Constitution

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

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• Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California.

  Rick Perry

  Moving, Gay, Marijuana

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• Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts.

  John Steinbeck

  Passionate, Facts, Nations

  John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.177, Penguin

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• In Texas, you just learn just be nice to people and respect them, and respect where they're coming from. And understand people have different backgrounds and opinions, and there's nothing you could do about it. And that's what I've realized to shape, I guess, who I am.

  Jordan Spieth

  Nice, Who I Am, People

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• Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things - call them what you will - I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess. To preserve his freedom of worship, his equality before law, his liberty to speak and act as he sees fit, subject only to provisions that he trespass not upon similar rights of others - a Londoner will fight. So will a citizen of Abilene. When we consider these things, then the valley of the Thames draws closer to the farms of Kansas and the plains of Texas.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Real, Mean, Fighting

  "At ease: stories I tell to friends" by Dwight David Eisenhower, (p. 389), 1967.

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• To me, Texas is Austin, a bunch of cool people trying to make a difference.

  Bill Hicks

  Differences, People, Making A Difference

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• Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

  George S. Patton

  War, Army, Winning

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• Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas!

  Norah Jones

  Classical Music, Grew, Indian

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• Texas' and America's farmers are suffering. As the Member of Congress representing the 10th Congressional District of Texas, I have traveled throughout our area and have seen first-hand how the drought has affected our agricultural communities.

  Michael McCaul

  Hands, Agriculture, America

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• Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world - they're loyal and fun, but when they get mad, they'll try to kill you.

  John Cusack

  Girl, Fun, Women

  "Being John Cusack". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. November 23, 2009.

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• I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really love riding horses.

  Jackson Rathbone

  Horse, Norway, Riding

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• Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.

  Sam Donaldson

  Hospitality, Born, Wells

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• There were 'big stars' at the Alamo! Bowie, Crockett! It is a huge political event because it, and the events at Goliad and San Jacinto, changed the look of a map of America. America would be a very different place if Texas had remained Mexican.

  Phil Collins

  Stars, America, Political

  "Pop star Phil Collins shows passion for all things Alamo". Interview with J. R. Gonzales, www.chron.com. May 04, 2012.

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• Saying youre from Texas makes you kind of proud.

  Kay Bailey Hutchison

  Proud, Kind

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• There are places in this world where fable, myth, preconception, love, longing or prejudice step in and so distort a cool, clear appraisal that a kind of high colored magical confusion takes permanent hold...Surely Texas is such a place.

  John Steinbeck

  Confusion, Prejudice, World

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• I was also fortunate that I was raised in a part of the world, West Texas, where individualism is strong.

  George W. Bush

  Strong, World, West

  Source: www.aarp.org

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• He's a man [George W. Bush] who is lucky to be governor of Texas. He is a man who is unusually incurious, abnormally unintelligent, amazingly inarticulate, fantastically uncultured, extraordinarily uneducated, and apparently quite proud of all these things.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Men, Proud, Lucky

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• Texas is a hell hole, man. Dirt, cactus, lizards, dirt, cactus, the Bush family.

  Christopher Titus

  Men, Cactus, Lizards

  "5th Annual End of the World Tour". www.imdb.com. 2007.

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• A congressman from Texas sent out a tweet comparing President Obama to Hitler. That is ridiculous because at this point in his career Hitler had a much higher approval rating.

  Conan O'Brien

  Approval Rating, Careers, President

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• I never go to weddings. Waste of time. Person can get married a dozen times. Lots of folks do. Family like ours, know everybody in the state of Texas and around outside, why, you could spend your life going to weddings. But a funeral, that's different. You only die once.

  Edna Ferber

  Funeral, Different, Dozen

  Edna Ferber (1952). “Giant”

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• Texas mystique (has been) created by the chemistry of the frontier in the crucible of history and forged into an enduring state of heart and mind.

  T. R. Fehrenbach

  Heart, Crucible, Mind

  T. R. Fehrenbach (2014). “Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans”, p.4, Open Road Media

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• In Texas, years ago, almost all of the oil came from surface operations. Then someone got the idea that there were greater sources of supply deeper down. A well was drilled five thousand feet deep. The result? A gusher. Too many of us operate on the surface. We never go deep enough to find supernatural resources. The result is, we never operate at our best. More time and investment is involved to go deep but a gusher will pay off.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Time, Years, Ideas

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• I never found a place where I wanted to live more than Alvin (Texas).

  Nolan Ryan

  Found, Wanted

  Nolan Ryan (1990). “Throwing Heat: The Autobiography of Nolan Ryan”, Avon Books

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• George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman

  Donella Meadows

  Climate, Care, Climate Change

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• The spirit of Texas seems to pervade our everyday existence. Our desire is to be superlative, not only the largest, but also the best in the United States.

  Denton Cooley

  Everyday, Desire, United States

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