Kinky Friedman Quotes - Page 5

That's the government. Having been a politician and a musician, I can tell you which one is a higher calling. If musicians ran the country, it would be a much different place. We wouldn't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'd work late.

If you gotta kill two birds, might as well get stoned.

They probably would've taken Jesus if he hadn't been nailed down.

Students don't know who Mark Twain was because he wasn't on the test.

I don't apologize to people who try to intimidate.

William Bennett is my patron saint, one of them. Redd Foxx is another.

If Raymond Chandler came from the South, his name would be Ace Atkins.

If you ain't Texan, I ain't got time for you.

The good teachers are bailing out. Education is very important.... This should be the centerpiece on the table of Texas.

I've achieved many of my dreams, and I want to see that some others get a chance to, especially younger Texans.

This system is really broken. No Child Left Behind has really failed and the only way to solve education is to leave one governor behind.

There will be a whole new spirit blowing through Texas. There will be a smile on everybody's face and a chill up the spine of every politician.

There are more inspirational people in music than there are in politics.

The Ten Commandments being taken out of the public schools. I want them back.

Most people, of course, spend their lives caring about the wrong things. The worry about South Africa or Nicaragua. They spend so much time finding themselves that they lose their taxicabs. They don't see that what kind of napkin you get at a delicatessen is a matter of much significance in the world today. That's why they don't get linen.

The reason educational spending in Texas is so low is because you don't have a state tax there, and that's why Texas is big growth because you don't tax people to death.

I don't think where people come from is that important. It doesn't matter if you come from reality TV. The question is whether you can inspire people.

When you record something, you never know who's going to hear it.

If Jesus Christ had run as an independent, Rick Perry would have beat him.

I don't feel bad about losing.

I want to see a Jew in the White house.

He looked a shade too healthy and nobody likes that. Particularly in New York.

Remember, the Legislature is the joke, not our campaign.

These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable.

Like most of us, I determined that I'd rather be a large part of the problem than a small part of the solution.