Famous Quotes & Sayings

Donella Meadows

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

Don Baylor

Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States.

Duane Chapman

I was in prison for a charge in Texas, murder one. Back in the '70s in Texas, I was there. I heard the shot. I was in the car.

Ann Richards

There is a special mystique to Texas. Texans represent many things to the uninitiated: We are bigger than life in our boots and Stetsons, rugged individualists whose two-steppin' has achieved world-wide acclaim, and we were the first to define hospitality.

Ann Richards

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

Anne Grant

I will provide friendly and courteous service and will work closely with all departments in the county. I will abide by the Texas Information Act in providing information to the public.

Anson Jones

The Republic of Texas is no more.

Angie Harmon

And, Bruce and I are pretty close as well. We're both from Texas and we both understand each other. When I'm having trouble with a scene, I'll just go over to him and be like, "I have no idea what's happening here. What are we doing?" He's just been such a wonderful sounding board and, obviously, he's a tremendously talented actor.

Dorothy Malone

The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent.

Darrell Royal

For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years.

Darrell Royal

I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.

Dan Savage

Natural isn't something I get called a lot in Texas.

Dan Rather

Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.

Dan Rather

Texas: 32 electoral votes, another of the so-called big enchiladas or if not an enchilada at least a huge taco.

Davy Crockett

You can go to hell -- I'm going to Texas.

Davy Crockett

You can all go to Hell, I’m going to Texas!

Amaury Nolasco

When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm like, 'I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.

Chuck Norris

While I filmed the 'Walker, Texas Ranger' series for eight and a half years, I had never had much time to read, except for screenplays of the episodes.

Andrew Jackson

We must regain Texas, peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.

George H. W. Bush

Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me.

Hopefully, we can get more out there for the Texas game.

Berkeley Breathed

I started as a news photographer at the University Of Texas' Daily Texan.

Betty Buckley

It's just a little ranch. Thirty-five acres. In Texas, if it's not a thousand acres, it's considered a ranchette.

Back in the '40's, Lyndon Johnson could still steal a Senate election in South Texas with the help of the big patrons.

Calvin Trillin

I like chili, but not enough to discuss it with someone from Texas.

Candice Wiggins

I think my first realization of that was at Texas Tech.

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Saying youre from Texas makes you kind of proud.

Lyndon B. Johnson

All the historians are Harvard people. It just isn't fair. Poor old Hoover from West Branch, Iowa, had no chance with that crowd;nor did Andrew Jackson from Tennessee. Nor does Lyndon Johnson from Stonewall, Texas. It just isn't fair.

Malcolm McDowell

The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.

Gail Collins

Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it's hardly tax-free. The property taxes are high for a Southern state. The sales taxes are high. One study found that the bottom 20 percent of the Texas population pays 12 percent of its income in state and local taxes.

Gail Collins

For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues than other places around it, like Arizona. They're much more comfortable with their long-term identity as a place with a very large Hispanic population.

Gail Collins

Of course, Texas is so huge it really is empty places; people can easily drive an hour and a half to work every day, so even if they're actually living in the suburbs, it sure feels as if they're in a remote location.

Gail Collins

Natural Texas politicians make terrible, terrible presidential candidates. Phil Gramm, I remember the 'Phil Gramm for President' campaign. I thought that was the worst thing in the history of the world, but Rick Perry was possibly worse.