Alistair Cooke (1908-2004) was a British journalist who had a popular series about America on public broadcasting stations in the 1970s. He wrote numerous books and columns about America, educating…
Parson Weems (1759-1825) wrote in The Life of Washington (1800) the tale that a young George Washington told his father, "I cannot tell a lie, I did it (chopped down a cherry tree) with my…
Many people in Texas have spring allergies. Claritin is an allergy medicine. "Texas food groups in spring: BBQ, Tacos, Claritin. #AllergyAwarenessWeek #Allergies #Texas #Austin #AustinTx"…
"Texas forever" has been a Texas saying about as long as there has been a Texas. "Texas Forever!!" is the title of a broadside from 1836, during the Texas Revolution. A song…
"Texas Friendly Spoken Here" is a tourist slogan from 1988. It's almost unknown outside of Texas. 6 September 1989, New York Times, "Promoting Texas: Ribs to Chili" by Anne…
"Texas fries everything but ice cream" is a quotation in Edna Ferber's 1963 autobiography A Kind of Magic. Ferber's Texas work is best represented in the film Giant (1956), with…
Texas is sometimes given more than four seasons. One extra season is called "fake fall" or "false fall" or "faux fall," sometimes called "fauxl." "Faux…
Baseball great Yogi Berra gets credit for many errors of the English language -- unfortunately, this includes credit for many that he never said. A book in 1989 reports that Berra (then a coach for…
Sam Houston (1793=1863), said this from the floor of the U.S. Senate in June 1850: "I will say, without vaunting, that Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from whatever…
Historian/poet Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) is sometimes given credit for saying: "Texas is a blend of valor and swagger." Texas author Boyce House (1896-1961) is best known for his short,…
John Steinbeck traveled across America in 1960 with his dog Charley; he wrote about it in his book, Travels with Charley: In Search of America (1962). Steinbeck didn't much care for Texas, but…
Texas Governor Rick Perry (a Republican) promoted businesses to come to his state in 2013 by taking his message to blue states (Democratic), where taxes were high. Television advertising buys of $1…
"Hot yoga" is when yoga is performed under hot and humid conditions. Texas is hot, and many people have said that any yoga performed outdoors in Texas is hot yoga. "#Texas is like…
William Blakley (1898-1976) was a Texas senator for two incomplete terms, the first in 1957 and the second in 1961. He is remembered today for the quotation: "Texas is neither southern nor…
Describing American land as "paradise for men and dogs, but hell for women and horses" goes back to the early nineteenth century and has been applied to Illinois, Texas, Georgia, Idaho,…
"Texas is so big that the people in Brownsville call the Dallas people Yankees and citizens of El Paso sneer at the citizens of Texarkana as being big snobs from the effete East." This…
"I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world" wrote Davy Crockett to his son and daughter on January 9, 1836 -- just before Crockett's death at the…
Texas author Boyce House (1896-1961) is best known for his short, best-selling Texas humor books published during World War II, providing a chuckle to Texans and non-Texans everywhere. House also…
Many places have car-changing potholes. "Chattanooga potholes will change your radio station , lock your doors , end the transmission and pop holes in 3/4 tires" was posted on Twitter by…
The restaurants LongHorn Steakhouse (founded in 1981), Outback Steakhouse (founded in 1988), Logan's Roadhouse (founded in 1991), Texas Roadhouse (founded in 1993) and Colton's Steak…