TEXAS QUOTES

quotations about Texas

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Texas is like a beckoning star to American settlers.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

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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

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

GEORGE W. BUSH

Tags: George W. Bush

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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

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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

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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

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

JANINE TURNER

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

ROSEMARY KENT

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

DAVY CROCKETT

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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

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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

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

JOHN GUNTHER

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

SAM HOUSTON

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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

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Don't mess with Texas.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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

ANONYMOUS

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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 & 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

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Texas is a blend of valor and swagger.

CARL SANDBURG

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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

Tags: John Steinbeck

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Texas is like Australia with the handbrake off.

TIM BLAIR

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