When a stray animal crosses your path, it may be as close to God as you're going to get in this lifetime.

And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.

Whether your destination is heaven or hell, you always have to change planes in Dallas.

The good teachers are bailing out. Education is very important.... This should be the centerpiece on the table of Texas.

Remember, the Legislature is the joke, not our campaign.

The reason educational spending in Texas is so low is because you don't have a state tax there, and that's why Texas is big growth because you don't tax people to death.

My three favorite travel writers of all time are Robert Louis Stevenson, Graham Greene, and Chuck Thompson. Smile When You're Lying not only tells the truth about the travel-writing racket, it gets to the heart of some of the travel industry's best-kept secrets.