Kinky Friedman Quotes

All over the world, people want to know what kind of people Texans are, and I explain that Texans are America's ideal Americans.

To throw a shoe at a man in Dundee is the equivalent of a kiss on the cheek and an embrace in London. Dundee is a very different place; they have their own rules.

I have never known anyone from Texas, no matter how far they go or what they do, who isn't proud of being from Texas.

to a Southerner it is faux pas, not sins, that matter in this world.

The first thing I do when I get back to my hometown, San Antonio, is eat Whataburger.

Obviously, people in Texas have big hearts.

I'm from Dallas, so I totally get the whole thing. I understand the history and on how big of a scale 'Dallas' was and still is.

I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.

All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.

There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.

When I first met George W. Bush, I had expected to meet Yale and I got West Texas.

I still think probably the only thing I'm suited for is being a boy from Texas.

The South is the last place with a sense of place.

I come from Texas. We're a different brand of people. You're not changing who I am.

In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both masculine and feminine, impudent and charming, subtle and outrageous. Let other people worry about being socially acceptable; those types are a dime a dozen, and you are after a power greater than they can imagine.

I was taught in my Introduction to Anthropology [course in college], it is not just the great works of [hu]mankind that make a culture. It is the daily things, like what people eat and how they serve it.

There is a notion that creative people are absent-minded, reckless, heedless of social customs and obligations. It is, hopefully, true for they are in another world altogether.

All men are mad in some way or the other, and inasmuch as you deal discreetly with your madmen, so deal with God's madmen too, the rest of the world.

Who's to say what's better or worse anyway? Who's to even say what's normal or average? We're all different people and we're allowed to be different from on another. If someone ever says you're weird, say thank you. And then curtsy. No, don't curtsy. That might be too weird. Bow. And tip your imaginary hate. That'll show them.

We hear about the successful "Texanisation" of the Republican party. And doesn't Texas sometimes seem to resemble a country like Saudi Arabia, with its great heat, its oil wealth, its brimming houses of worship, and its weekly executions?

By giving our audience intimate access to the lives of musicians, we hope to raise awareness of the region's beautiful cultural heritage and present a more nuanced portrait of its people.

People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne.

If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox way, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them.They will find away to punish you for making them feel inferior. It is far safer to blend in and nurture the common touch. Share your originality only with tolerant friends and those who are sure to appreciate your uniqueness.

Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work.

Natural isn't something I get called a lot in Texas.