Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Jackson

Oklahoma's always been good to me.

Edna Ferber

Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has.

Bobby Heenan

Are there any swamps in Oklahoma? Yes, there is. It's called Tulsa.

Paul Lefebvre

I showcased Oklahoma and not the people, unless it was the people who had contributed to the state, but not politicians.

Jerry Palm

It would have been better for USC if Oklahoma had put up more of a fight.

Markwayne Mullin

You've got to respect people; you've got to understand where they come from. We know where people in Oklahoma come from - that's why we get along.

Brad Henry

This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first.

Brad Henry

Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.

Brad Pitt

I was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Bret Harte

There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death

Fernando Pessoa

Inch by inch I conquered the inner terrain I was born with. Bit by bit I reclaimed the swamp in which I'd languished. I gave birth to my infinite being, but I had to wrench myself out of me with forceps.

Henry David Thoreau

The most primitive places left with us are the swamps, where the spruce still grows shaggy with usnea.

Nancy Werlin

Besides, Southerners are hospitable. They'll probably offer me lemonade." Excuse me? You're going to sit on a porch and drink lemonade while I plow a swamp with a goat's horn?" Yes, ma'am. And I aim to wear my seamless shirt while you do it.

Kent Conrad

We've got to have major health care reform because that is the 800-pound gorilla. That is the thing that can swamp the boat fiscally for the United States.