Texas State Senator Dan Patrick said in February 2011, “As the old saying goes, when I start seeing districts firing assistant football coaches, then I’ll really know that they’ll have a lean…
"You see, whenever thunder roars, most everybody runs indoors" was cited in print in 1933 and has been long-known advice, on Tornado Alley and elsewhere. The U.S. National Weather Service…
Austin prides itself as the "Live Music Capital of the World." When a rock 'n' roll legend dies, he or she might go to "rock 'n' roll heaven." In Austin, if…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google News Archive2 February 1984, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), "Banquet attracts 900 stars" by John Blanchette, pg. 21, col. 4:On any player who spikes…
"When you throw dirt, you lose ground" is often credited as a "Texas proverb." The saying is anonymously given in a 1923 Pennsylvania newspaper: "It is encouraging to know…
"When you're here, you're halfway there" is the motto of the MidPoint Cafe in Adrian, Texas, located on Route 66, 1139 miles from Los Angeles and 1139 miles from Chicago. The…
"Y'allhalla" is a portmanteau word of 'y'all" ("you all") and "Valhalla" (a place in Norse mythology). "Y'allHalla" was posted on…
"Where friends meet to eat" is the slogan at Kincaid's Hamburgers (established in 1946) in Forth Worth, a place that's often cited to serve some of the best hamburgers in…
Waterloo Records (now Waterloo Records & Video) began in Austin in 1982 with the slogan "Where music still matters." Waterloo is the original name of the city of Austin; the…
"Where Sunshine Spends the Winter" was/is a slogan for San Antonio, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, Long Beach (CA), Tucson (AZ), Phoenix (AZ), and probably other places as well. In 1924,…
"Where the East ends" is the Dallas response to Fort Worth's slogan "Where the West begins." The Dallas slogan is usually not used by itself, without Fort Worth's…
The famous slogan of Fort Worth, Texas, is "Where the West begins." Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram publisher Amon G. Carter (1879-1955) disliked Dallas so much, he called it "Where…
"Where the hell is Elroy, Texas?" is a bumper sticker slogan of Wyman Gilliam, owner of Wild Bubba's Wild Game Grill in Elroy. The small community of Elroy is located in Travis…
"Where the West Begins," the slogan of Fort Worth, was originally a famous 1911 poem by Arthur Chapman that was published in the Denver Republican. Dallas later responded with "Where…
"Where there’s smoke, there’s fire” is an old proverb. Texas is noted for its "low and slow" smoking of its brisket. The variant saying "where there's smoke,…
With a city name like Palestine (in East Texas), comparisons and jokes are inevitable. Wikipedia: Palestine, TexasPalestine (pronounced ˈpæl.ɛs.tin) is a city in Anderson County, Texas, in the…
"Keep Austin Weird" has been a popular slogan of the city of Austin (TX) in the 2000s. Rodeo Austin has used the slogan "Where Weird Meets Western" since at least March 2010.…
"Y'allah" is a portmanteau word of 'y'all" ("you all") and "Allah" (the Arabic word for "God"). "In N.Texas there are schools that…
"Who will join old Ben Milam in storming the Alamo?" (usually quoted as "Who will go with old Ben Milam into San Antonio?") was the appeal of Texas soldier Benjamin Rush Milam…
"The whole kit and caboodle" is an older expression for what we might nowadays say is "the whole nine yards" -- that is, "everything." In the 1800s, the phrase was…