{"quotes":[{"text":"'A Tuna Christmas' is the second in a series of plays created by Joe Sears and Jaston Williams featuring the fictional town of Greater Tuna, the third-smallest town in Texas. What makes these plays so hysterically funny is the accurate portrayal of small-town life in the Lone Star State.","author":"Lori Wilde","tags":["funny","life","texas "],"id":13814,"author_id":"Lori+Wilde"},{"text":"I felt a little guilty about jangling the poor bugger's brains with that evil fantasy. But what the hell? Anybody who wanders around the world saying, 'Hell yes, I'm from Texas,' deserves whatever happens to him.","author":"Hunter S. Thompson","tags":["fate","texas"],"id":16209,"author_id":"Hunter+S.+Thompson"},{"text":"If you're not creating, you're disintegrating.","author":"Tawny Lara","tags":["art","artist","creativity","europe","jim-morrison","lyrics","music","paris","pink-hair","texas","writing","writing-process"],"id":25263,"author_id":"Tawny+Lara"},{"text":"Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.","author":"Daniel Woodrell","tags":["texas","southern","pretty "],"id":46242,"author_id":"Daniel+Woodrell"},{"text":"I bought the wrong face soap. Why? Because it says smooth face cleanser on it. I put it on my face and I'm fairly certain it's lotion. I also bought something that says 'Body soufflé.' What is that? Is it a lotion? Is it shower gel? Am I supposed to eat it?","author":"Heather Jonasson","tags":["humor","sweden","texas","travel"],"id":47322,"author_id":"Heather+Jonasson"},{"text":"I’d begun to think of the Immortality Bus as the Entropy Bus, and of ourselves as trundling across Texas in a great mobile metaphor for the inevitable decline of all things, the disintegration of all systems over time.","author":"Mark O'Connell","tags":["bus","entropy","immortality","metaphor","texas","transhumanism"],"id":49847,"author_id":"Mark+O%27Connell"},{"text":"Families start out, most of the time, with unconditional acceptance of one another. That acceptance starts in childhood and continues into adulthood. Somewhere in there, between childhood and adulthood, the ability to distinguish right versus wrong is born.","author":"Bart Hopkins","tags":["emotions","family","life","literature","morality","texas"],"id":54451,"author_id":"Bart+Hopkins"},{"text":"The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender nor retreat.","author":"William Travis","tags":["alamo","america","texas","us-history"],"id":63572,"author_id":"William+Travis"},{"text":"As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.","author":"Molly Ivins","tags":["humor","politics","texas"],"id":64118,"author_id":"Molly+Ivins"},{"text":"Those were comfortable, carefree years. The word I’d use now is idyllic. On Friday nights, we cheered on the Bulldogs of Midland High. On Sunday mornings, we went to church. Nobody locked their doors. Years later, when I would speak about the American Dream, it was Midland I had in mind.","author":"George W. Bush","tags":["american-dream","texas","united-states"],"id":91446,"author_id":"George+W.+Bush"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":49,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}