For my parents, leaving the close social quarters of Abilene was like getting out of jail. They were not true West Texans; they had not come to love the unending monotony of mesquite barrens or the high, hot blue sky that made sunsets a matter of prayerful thankfulness.

Lawrence Wright

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.

Austan Goolsbee

Washington is out of control, and it's time for Texans to stand up and stop them.

Bill Flores

I serve and answer to the Texans I represent - not the Hollywood elite.

Blake Farenthold

I've always gotten along well with Texans. You've got to.

Burt Reynolds

Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues.

Chris Bell

Serving 27 million Texans spread across 254 counties and two time zones isn't a job for those who require a lot of sleep.

Don Willett

You don't find anyone like Texans anywhere else in the world.

Edward Albert

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

Edward Hoagland

Jim Hightower, Ann Richards - there are quite a few intelligent regular Texans.

Fred Schneider

You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.

George Carlin

It has never been a good idea to try to disarm Texans.

George P. Bush

It is difficult to conduct flood mitigation at the federal level because of the bureaucracy and inconsistent funding. Texans are better able to lead this effort at the state level rather than rely on the federal government.

George P. Bush

I am constantly reminded that as Texans, we are exceptional people.

George P. Bush

Texans will not be pushed around.

George P. Bush

Texans fear no one.

George P. Bush

Texans have in common with Australians, in that they are quite strong, hardy people.

Jerry Hall

New Yorkers have their own way of speaking, their own tempo, and Texans are a lot like that. As much as you think Texas is one thing and New York is another, they're very much the same.

Jerry Jeff Walker

A lot of Texans go up to New York and stay there forever. If there are any two places with more individual characters, I don't know them.

Jerry Jeff Walker

Texans know how to make people feel welcome.

Joanna Gaines

Texans are by nature independent people.

Joe Barton