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Mary Doria Russell "At the risk of descending to unscientific generalizations, 90 percent of Texans give the other 10 percent a bad name."
Nolan Ryan, baseball great "I never found a place where I wanted to live more than Alvin."
Nolan Ryan, Texas Rangers "Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent."
Pierre Salinger "I had been in so many towns and cities in America with John Kennedy, but I was not with him in Dallas, Texas, on November 21, 1963."
Carl Sandburg "Texas is a blend of valor and swagger."
Jessica Savitch "News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute."
Jessica Savitch "Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians."
R. J. Scott "You don't need meat at every meal," Riley offered, forking another bite of salad into his mouth and inwardly agreeing with Jack that it was certainly lacking something. Jack was quiet for all of ten seconds, and then he couldn't hold in his opinion one second more. "Are you really a Texan? I mean, really? Riley, if I have a headache, I'd put bacon around an aspirin before I take it."
Joe Sears/'Aunt Pearl' "These days, I don't agree to a tour of our show, "A Tuna Christmas," unless it has a stop in my favorite Texas city, San Antonio. Only Sarah Bernhardt could make such a diva-ish demand, but after my Broadway Tony nomination in 1995, "Aunt Pearl" gets what she wants. And Sarah never had to play 10 roles a night in San Antonio, but she might have, just to stroll across the lobby of the old St. Anthony Hotel. For you 'Tuna' fans out there, please note that 'Vera Carp' always stays at the most famous hotel, The Menger; she's always in the lobby during Christmas season."
Philip Henry Sheridan "If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell."
Jory Sherman, "Texas is a place where dreamers go, a place where dreamers are born. It is a place where you can find out who you are, where you came from, and where you are going."
Willie Shoemaker, jockey "I have always believed that anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, can make anything he wants to make of himself."
Yakov Smirnoff "The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in Washington."
Susan Sontag, author. 'In America ' "I love to come to Houston because there are more writers here than anywhere outside New York City."
Sissy Spacek "One day, it just dawned on me that I'm from Texas, and that's what I am."
Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys "Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation."
John Steinbeck, Author "I have moved over a great part of Texas and I know that within its borders I have seen just about as many kinds of country, contour, climate and conformation as there are in the world."
John Steinbeck "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 "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 "First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas. He was on the back end of a truck. There was about 1500 screaming kids.- Mac Davis 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."