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…
Texas Stadium has a famous hole in the roof. Dallas Cowboys linebacker D. D. Lewis joked in 1982 that it was because God wants to watch his favorite team. Wikipedia: Texas StadiumTexas Stadium is…
"Texas Stories Told Here...Some True" has appeared on items for purchase in Texas gift shops. See also "No Brag, Just Fact." T Shirts N Texas - Texas Signs N SayinsTexas…
Paul Crume (1912-1975) was a columnist for the Dallas Morning News, where he wrote the front-page "Big D" column of news tidbits. In his book A Texan at Bay (1961), he wrote:…
"Texas to the Bone" is the slogan (trademarked from 1998) of the Saltgrass Steak House restaurant chain. Saltgrass began in Houston in 1952, the same year that the Houston Livestock Show…
Texas weather can be hot in the day and then get very cold at night, especially in the spring or the fall. Texas weather can also be hot or cold from one day to the next. "Texas women and…
"Mother Nature (Florida/ New York/ Texas) just be throwing out temperatures like Powerball numbers" -- that is, randomly, with cold temperatures one day and hot the next -- is a saying…
A letter by Sam Houston (1793-1863) to William G. Harding on July 17, 1841 has been frequently reprinted in Texas quotation collections (where the quotation is slightly edited): "If the next…
Texas weather can be hot in the day and then get very cold at night, especially in the spring or the fall. Texas weather can also be hot or cold from one day to the next. "Texas women and…
Texas weather can be hot in the day and then get very cold at night, especially in the spring or the fall. Texas weather can also be hot or cold from one day to the next. "Texas women and…
Texas weather can change a lot -- and this has sometimes has been compared to women. The song "Boogie Mama" (from the 1998 album Lone Wolf) by Jerry Jeff Walker begins, "Just like…
Texas weather can change a lot -- and this has sometimes has been compared to women. The song "Boogie Mama" (from the 1998 album Lone Wolf) by Jerry Jeff Walker begins, "Just like…
"Texas, One and Indivisible" has appeared on the reverse of the state seal of Texas since 1961. The phrase also appears in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas state flag (signed into…
"Texas: Come for the adventure, stay for your wrongful execution" is one of several politically incorrect state slogans sold by the Jerkass Clothing Company. The slogan has not been cited…
A graphic shows an outsized state of Texas on a United States map. "TEXAS" is above the graphic and "DISPROPORTIONATELY AWESOME" is below it. "Texas: Disproportionately…