“I told the people of my district that I would serve them as faithfully as I had done; but if not, they might go to hell, and I would go to Texas.”— Davy Crockett
“I must say as to what I have seen of Texas, it is the garden spot of the world. The best land and the best prospects for health I ever saw, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here.”— Davy Crockett
“I played a place in Texas that had a dance floor so big, it took two bands to play it.”— Mickey Gilley
“Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations... It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages.”— Sam Houston
“The final act in this great drama is now performed; the Republic of Texas is no more.”— Anson Jones
“Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken-fried steak.”— Larry McMurtry
“I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.”— Willie Nelson