I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend to be very Texcentric.

On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying their taxes.

In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.

Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there's nothing you can do about being born liberal - fish gotta swim and hearts gotta bleed.

Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.

One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.