John Steinbeck Texas Quotations

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And there's an opening convey of generalities. A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And there's an opening convey of generalities. A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.

A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.

I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion.

Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind.

There are places in this world where fable, myth, preconception, love, longing or prejudice step in and so distort a cool, clear appraisal that a kind of high colored magical confusion takes permanent hold...Surely Texas is such a place...

Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts.

Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans.

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all else, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word.

Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America.

Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans