The best Quotes by Barbara Jordan

The best Quotes by Barbara Jordan

Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

Quotes about Barbara Jordan

And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine.

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Dante: "[seeing a Confederate flag] What? Are you serious?"
Lila: "Newsflash, we're in deep Texas."

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The stars at night, are big and bright,
deep in the heart of Texas,
The prairie sky is wide and high,
deep in the heart of Texas.

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Of course, nobody I knew in East-Texas in 1989 cared about Newtonian Physics. The only Newtons they cared about were Wayne and Fig.

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When a Texan gets knocked off a horse, he gets right back on. That is the second most important thing about bein' a Texan, right after thinkin' you're better than everybody else.

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"Did you grow up in Texas?"
Meemaw: "Took my first bath in a ten-gallon hat."

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Sheldon: "Texas, Oklahoma... what's the difference?"
Meemaw: "Hey, now, I think you might want to crack open your psychology textbook 'cause that there is crazy talk."

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Amy: "Lino's reinventing Thanksgiving."
Zora: "Oh, good. 'Cause if there's anything Texans love, it's different sh-t."

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Since you went away
I bet you missed your exit
And drove right on through the Lone Star state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And I've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway

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In Texas, it's football. In Georgia, football. There's an appreciation from the average person about football more than anywhere else. And we have that for basketball in New York. And we'll always have that in New York.

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Lila: "So, Richter, why are you such a nihilist?"
Richter: "A what?"
Lila: "I mean, anyone who blasts diesel into the atmosphere like that, truly gives zero f-s about like anything."
Richter: "I'm a Texan. I don't like people telling me what to do. Especially smug, self-righteous, rich, city folk."

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In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.

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Are you really a Texan? I mean, really? If I have a headache, I'd put bacon around an Aspirin before I take it.

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Football is to Texas what religion is to a priest.

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Don't mess with Texas!

Texas has long been known as the nation's largest energy producer, but we are equally proud of our distinction as the nation's leading energy innovator.

You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas.

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Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

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I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part and discuss it only with consenting adults.

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I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.

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When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well.

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I felt like the luckiest kid in the world because God had put me on the ground in Texas. I actually felt sorry for those poor little kids that had to be born in Oklahoma or England or some place. I knew I was living in the best place in the world.

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The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling of cowboys. The weather is very good, thermometer rarely rising above 2,500 degrees in the shade and hardly ever below 212.

To me, it's really the heart of Texas. You don't know the Lone Star State until you've experienced Gruene Hall.

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Son, never throw a punch at a redwood.

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There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion.

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It's not that conservatives don't care. We do. We just have different answers than liberals do. It's a difference of the mind, not of the heart.

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Do you like my suit? I think this is an amazing suit, don't you think?

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Dear cookies, that isn't fat, it's external storage for more of you.

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Sweetheart, you can't buy the necessities of life with cookies.

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I don't want to live in a world where I have to eat sugar-free sugar cookies.

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I can't recall the food pyramid right now... how many cookies should I be eating today again?

Who can eat millions of cookies in one night and not get fat? Well, I can.

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I love raw cookie dough, right out of the tube. The other thing I eat is marshmallow fluff.

Sandra Bullock

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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