Classic Texan Quotes & Sayings

Frey was the god of spring and summer! read the caption. He was the god of wealth, abundance, and fertility. His twin sister, Freya, the goddess of love, was very pretty! She had cats! — Rick Riordan

What I really love is touring on a bus with my band playing shows every night and feeling the audience, feeling the presence of people actually listening to my music. Feeding my soul is what touring feels like for me and I absolutely refuse to have a bad time doing something I really, really love. — Christina Perri

I'm from New York, and yet I've done only one film executive-produced by Spike Lee and have never done a film that Spike Lee directed. I've never done a film that Keenan Wayans has directed, or Bill Duke. — Ving Rhames

Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness. — Thomas Carlyle

I don't want people mistreating me. I found out when you're vulnerable and your heart's open, then people step on you. You're really stupid for letting that happen. And the only way to counteract that is to be like Wolfman Jack. Because if you do nice, kind things for people, then how are they going to mess you over? — Wolfman Jack

The greatest heroes of the Normandy battlefield were the unarmed medics, whom snipers often shot at despite their Red Cross armbands. — Antony Beevor

We are tutor and student. Roommates. Sparring partners. Friends. Anything you want us to be. A — Anyta Sunday

A bottle of gin sat in the center of the table. More emptiness than gin in the bottle. — Colum McCann

And that leaves you with an interesting choice ... Do you sacrifice you own happiness and feelings of peace in order to have this relationship, or do you start to get well and choose a real life ... ? — Nic Sheff

People wouldn't know this about me, but I adore ball gowns. I love their cut, their architecture and the thought of the hands of so many seamstresses working on them. — Patti Smith

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom. — Nicolas Chamfort