Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.' Votes: 8
George W. BushThe definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas. Votes: 8
Malcolm McDowellTexas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America. Votes: 6
John SteinbeckTexas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. Votes: 6
Sam HoustonI thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it. Votes: 6
Ann RichardsI'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control. Votes: 5
Willie NelsonIf a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking? Votes: 4
John GuntherGood thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. Votes: 4
Molly IvinsI don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes. Votes: 4
Carroll ShelbyTexas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians. Votes: 3
Jessica SavitchIn Texas, conservative policies win over stabbing fellow Republicans in the back. Votes: 3
Steve StockmanAnd the whole Bush family, from Texas, should be boiled in poisoned oil. Votes: 3
Hunter S. ThompsonI started as a news photographer at the University Of Texas' Daily Texan. Votes: 3
Berkeley BreathedI'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western. Votes: 3
Jensen AcklesAttention, Texas Brigade! The eyes of General Lee are upon you. Forward, march! Votes: 3
Maxcy GreggNorth Texas is by far the most serious minded jazz program I have encountered. Votes: 3
Dave LiebmanSaskatchewan is much like Texas - except it's more friendly to the United States. Votes: 3
Adlai Stevensonhere in Texas maybe we've got into the habit of confusing bigness with greatness. Votes: 3
Edna FerberHow can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design? Votes: 3
Kinky FriedmanTexas is a hell hole, man. Dirt, cactus, lizards, dirt, cactus, the Bush family... Votes: 3
Christopher TitusThere are more Baptist preachers in Texas than Baptist missionaries in all the world. Votes: 3
Ray ThompsonJudges in Texas swing the gavel with one hand and take money with the other. Votes: 3
Craig McDonaldI come from extremely liberal people, one of only 20 in Texas where I grew up. Votes: 3
Sandy DuncanI've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12. Votes: 3
Richard RoeperYou might be a redneck if an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger changed your life. Votes: 3
Jeff FoxworthyDamn, she was getting so tangled up by guilt and desire. ~Nikki in Texas Tangle Votes: 3
Leah BraemelActually caffeine is too hard on my system. I'm a delicate boy from Plano, Texas. Votes: 3
John Benjamin HickeyChinese food in Texas is the best Chinese food in the United States except Boston. Votes: 3
John UpdikeAlways marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher. Votes: 3
Dan RatherTexas liberals are the camels of good news. We can cross entire deserts between oases. Votes: 3
Molly IvinsMy Longhorns are registered and I am a member of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association. Votes: 3
Janine TurnerIn addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants. Votes: 3
William H. WhartonTexans ignore "better," long ago forgot the useless word "good." Everything in Texas is "best." Votes: 3
Edward SmithOnly a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak. Votes: 3
Larry McMurtryI am a Cajun Baby in a Texas girl, an all-American woman and a global goddess Votes: 3
Erin CummingsI am a Cajun Baby in a Texas girl, an all-American woman and a global goddess. Votes: 3
Erin CummingsI have a good friend who's a Texas girl; Texas girls are a whole different breed. Votes: 3
John CusackI want to thank the people of Texas for asking me to represent them in Washington. Votes: 3
Kay Bailey HutchisonFort Worth is friendly; it's still a Texas town. It's the most Texas city in Texas. Votes: 3
Dan JenkinsLet's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas. Votes: 3
Wendy DavisGeorge W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman Votes: 3
Donella MeadowsI was born in Colorado and grew up in Pennsylvania with family in Texas and Oklahoma. Votes: 3
Adam McKayNever spit in front of women and children, and never insult the great state of Texas. Votes: 3
Henry GarzaEnglish was good enough for Jesus Christ and it's good enough for the children of Texas. Votes: 3
Miriam A. FergusonWe can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years. Votes: 3
Rick PerryI was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11. Votes: 3
Jeri RyanThats what happens to Snow in Texas, lady. It freaking MELTS!!" Leo Valdez- The Lost Hero Votes: 3
Rick RiordanLike most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts. Votes: 3
John SteinbeckSomething about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last year alone. Votes: 3
Richard LinklaterWhile the rest of the country is still talking about welfare reform, Texas is implementing it. Votes: 3
John SharpEuropean investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together. Votes: 3
John BrutonMost of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me Votes: 3
Robin WrightMost of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me. Votes: 3
Robin WrightI'm always going to live in Texas. Texas is my home - it'll be my home forever. Votes: 3
Kelly ClarksonOne was Texas medicine, the other was just railroad gin, and like a fool I mixed them. Votes: 3
Bob DylanI've got a Caribbean soul I can barely control, and some Texas hidden here in my heart! Votes: 3
Jimmy BuffettI am about the people of the United States of America and the people of Houston, Texas. Votes: 3
Sheila Jackson LeeI knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again. Votes: 3
Darrell RoyalThere are parts of Texas where a fly lives 10,000 years and a man can't die soon enough. Votes: 3
Katherine DunnA Texas girl who grew up in terrible poverty, I ended up leading a pretty glamorous life. Votes: 3
Alana StewartI've traveled all over the world, but I don't think there is any place better than Texas, Votes: 3
Red AdairTook your car, drove to Texas. Sorry honey, but I suspected, you and I can't cry anymore. Votes: 3
Sheryl CrowI'm sure I spent more time in Texas than anybody else who had run for President recently. Votes: 3
William J. ClintonOn the music side, I'm a cross between maybe that Texas songwriter and that Tom Petty feel. Votes: 3
Bryan HayesOne thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it. Votes: 3
Steven AdlerTexas can make it without the United States, but the United States cannot make it without Texas Votes: 3
Sam HoustonWell, Tommy Lee Jones is a little bit more intimidating. He's definitely a cowboy. He's from Texas Votes: 3
Christina MilianWell, Tommy Lee Jones is a little bit more intimidating. He's definitely a cowboy. He's from Texas. Votes: 3
Christina MilianBeing from Texas, I would say I favor a pair of jeans you can wear some boots with. Votes: 3
Jensen AcklesWell, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm. Votes: 3
Sam DonaldsonTo be beautiful in Texas, you had to be blonde and blue-eyed and have a name like Ann. Votes: 3
Sarah ShahiI think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas, in New York. Votes: 3
Floyd AbramsMontana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans Votes: 3
John SteinbeckI am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater. Votes: 3
Janine TurnerWhile in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885. Votes: 3
Calamity JaneAny strikeout record worth having is in a Texas pitcher's pocket. I might come join them one day. Votes: 3
Josh BeckettThere's no question that I love playing in Texas. I love the fans. I love everything about Texas. Votes: 3
Mark TeixeiraBond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas. Votes: 3
Ian FlemingI grew up in Texas in a family that fished and hunted, so I've shot guns as a kid. Votes: 3
Stark SandsAt Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am. Votes: 3
Adam DunnMaybe I will go to Paris. Who knows? But I'll sure as hell never Go back to Texas again Votes: 3
James CrumleyI don't spend a lot of time in nature. Probably less than most people that live in urban Texas. Votes: 3
Shane CarruthAs a very young man growing up in Texas, usually I got a shotgun or cowboy boots for Christmas. Votes: 3
Robert WilsonIt's a great group of people here at Texas A&M, and everybody you run into is incredibly polite. Votes: 3
Johnny ManzielI have friends, I'm from Texas originally, and they follow me and they keep up with what I'm doing. Votes: 3
Kirby Bliss BlantonSome of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas. College baseball, I love it. Votes: 3
Roger ClemensI was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area. Votes: 3
Vanilla IceI work a lot in Africa: Texas and Africa have the best sunsets on the planet, that I've ever seen. Votes: 3
Taylor KitschI have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that. Votes: 3
F. Murray AbrahamIt's not hard to find a date if you are Jewish in New York and Miami, but its hard in Texas. Votes: 3
Patti StangerMy dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me. Votes: 3
Michael CaineI was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD. Votes: 3
Candace KitaI will say, I'm a great, great, great grandson of Stephen F. Austin. He founded Austin, Texas, which is kind of cool. Votes: 1 Jesse Plemons
I grew up in Texas, obviously a huge football state. Votes: 1 Drew Brees
President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need. Votes: 1 Randy Neugebauer
I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it. Votes: 1 Ann Richards
My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" that it's a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, "Aaaahhh," and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse. Votes: 6 Russell Simmons
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. Votes: 2 Texas Guinan
Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners. Votes: 1 John Steinbeck
When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm like, 'I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.' Votes: 1 Amaury Nolasco
In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after. Votes: 1 Michael McCaul
When Texans suffered from the collapse of the oil market in the 1980s, they could rely on the fiscal union to help them. When Texas boomed with rising oil prices in the 2000s, it contributed to the union to help harder hit regions. Votes: 1 Austan Goolsbee
Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas - stale and unprofitable. The consumer forgets that the corn tastes different where it grows. Votes: 2 A. J. Liebling
News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute. Votes: 1 Jessica Savitch
The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other. Votes: 3 Roger Clemens