TEXAS QUOTES

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

GEORGE W. BUSH

attributed, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About Texas

Tags: George W. Bush


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

attributed, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About Texas


Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And there's an opening convey of generalities. A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.

JOHN STEINBECK

Travels with Charley: In Search of America


Texas is like a beckoning star to American settlers.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

attributed, Junior Reviewers: Tested Readings for Boys and Girls


Only Texas could turn defeat into a legend--and a song, and a tourist attraction, and a major motion picture.

ROSEMARY KENT

attributed, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About Texas


The miracle of Texas lies in the fact that it is the work of a handful of men. In not a single fight during the entire period from 1800 to 1845 did they muster as many as one thousand fighting men. Overwhelming odds never discouraged them and defeat but spurred them to ultimate victory.

JACK C. BUTTERFIELD

attributed, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About Texas


Who are these people, these Texans? What do they tell us about America? What to make of a state that is so focused on itself? I wrestle with these questions all the time. One day, behind a general store in Central Texas, a firearms instructor in a wide-brimmed cowboy hat reached for the butt of his holstered gun as I approached him for an interview. The general store, the hat, the reach for the gun: the line between the myth of Texas and the reality of Texas is razor thin.

MANNY FERNANDEZ

"What Makes Texas Texas", New York Times, May 7, 2017


You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.

DAVY CROCKETT

attributed, David Crockett: The Man and the Legend


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

SAM HOUSTON

attributed, As Texas Goes


You can take the girl out of Texas but not the Texas out of the girl.

JANINE TURNER

attributed, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About Texas


If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking?

JOHN GUNTHER

Inside U.S.A.


The stars at night are big and bright
Deep in the heart of Texas
The prairie sky is wide and high
Deep in the heart of Texas

The sage in bloom is like perfume
Deep in the heart of Texas
Reminds me of the one that I love
Deep in the heart of Texas

JUNE HERSHEY

"Deep in the Heart of Texas"


What you northerners never appreciate ... is that Texas is so big that you can live your life within its limits and never give a damn about what anyone in Boston or San Francisco thinks.

JAMES MICHENER

Texas: A Novel


Texans ain't Texans if they aren't willing to boast about the state they call home.

ANONYMOUS

AAA Texas Tour Book, 2005


There wouldn't be no Alamo,
No Cowboys in the Superbowl...
No Lonesome Dove, no "Yellow Rose",
If it wasn't for Texas.

GEORGE STRAIT

"Texas"


Don't mess with Texas.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


I must say as to what I have seen of Texas, it is the garden spot of the world. The best land & best prospects for health I ever saw is here, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here. There is a world of country to settle.

DAVY CROCKETT

letter to his children, January 9, 1836


Texas is a blend of valor and swagger.

CARL SANDBURG

attributed, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said about Texas


I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion. And this is true to the extent that people either passionately love Texas or passionately hate it and, as in other religions, few people dare to inspect it for fear of losing their bearings in mystery or paradox. But I think there will be little quarrel with my feeling that Texas is one thing. For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical appearance, and for all the internal squabbles, contentions, and strivings, Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America. Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study and the passionate possession of all Texans.

JOHN STEINBECK

Travels with Charley

Tags: John Steinbeck


Texas is like Australia with the handbrake off.

TIM BLAIR

"Australian diary", The Spectator, September 26, 2015