Think of all the mesquite in Texas, the pinyon pines, the acorns in Appalachia, every place has the possibility of mass production. It’s an infrastructural system so nestled in ecology, it’s a more beautiful ecology. – Joel Salatin
When you take over a company like GE, you think you’re going to visit 100 businesses. You’re going to go see the factories you haven’t seen before. You’re going to see a site in Texas and one in Canada and stuff like that. That has fallen by the wayside. – Jeffrey R. Immelt
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. – Chuck Norris
President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas. – Bianca Jagger
While in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885. – Calamity Jane
In terms of mathematics textbooks, why can’t you have the scale of a national market? Right now, we have a Texas textbook that’s different from a California textbook that’s different from a Massachusetts textbook. That’s very expensive. – Bill Gates
I was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and I would go to school in Texas. I lived on the border, so I was very fortunate to grow up between two worlds and both cultures and both languages and traditions. – Bianca Marroquin
I grew up in Texas, but that was 20 years ago. Last year, in Fort Worth, they had hail the size of softballs. We’re seeing more and more powerful storms, of all types, almost on a biblical level. – Bill Paxton
There are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well. – Antonin Scalia
It’s just a little ranch. Thirty-five acres. In Texas, if it’s not a thousand acres, it’s considered a ranchette. – Betty Buckley
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
We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo’s, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I’m finally gonna die onstage, that’s where it’s going to be! – Alan Vega
I love Dallas, Austin and Houston. Why? Because some of the best comedians, like Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison, started their careers in Texas, and because the crowds there are comedy-educated. – Bobby Lee
I don’t think I’m a celebrity. I’m just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes. – Carroll Shelby
At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging. – Adam Schiff
I watched ‘Alien,’ and I watched ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,’ the Swedish version. I watched the original ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre,’ and I watched the Jessica Biel version and watched Jessica’s performance. – Alexandra Daddario
We have a shotgun we inherited from my father-in-law, a paranoid Englishman living in Texas. I have a .22 Marlin rifle, similar to the one Annie Oakley had, and my husband has a .357 Magnum pistol. All those are locked up tight, of course. We have a couple of pellet guns that get more use than the real guns. – Bonnie Jo Campbell
Well, Tommy Lee Jones is a little bit more intimidating. He’s definitely a cowboy. He’s from Texas. – Christina Milian
I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it. – Ann Richards
We also did something called the Texas Peace Festival, which was actually a better gig both musically, and in the way it was organised. – Alvin Lee
When I left Chicago, people said, ‘Careful with that Texas heat’. I’m like, ‘I’m from Puerto Rico. I know heat.’ – Amaury Nolasco
I’m from Texas, and Texas has a reputation that far precedes actual Texas, and it is irritating sometimes. – Allison Tolman
I had done a lot of running in ‘Texas Chainsaw’ and sword-fighting in ‘Percy Jackson,’ which taught me to fall properly. – Alexandra Daddario
The ability of Texas Republicans to be effective in Congress is based on having at least 218 Republicans in the House. – Bill Flores
I wasn’t all that familiar with the ‘Texas Chainsaw’ franchise, and I knew who Leatherface was, but I had never seen any of the films, so I didn’t know what the meaning behind it was. – Alexandra Daddario