Tactical Texas

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. - Charles de Gaulle

The nail that sticks up gets hammered down. - Japanese Proverb

Parts of Texas look like Kansas with a goiter. - Unknown

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'. - Ross Perot

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton

A Canadian is sort of like an American, but without the gun. - Unknown

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. - Thomas Edison

I'm super laid back. I'm from Texas. I love my family. - Selena Gomez

The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck. - Walter Cronkite

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. - Chinese Proverb

Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans. - Ed Gillespie

Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out. - James Bryant Conant

You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans. - George Carlin

If you need 100 rounds to kill a deer, maybe hunting isn't your sport. - Elayne Boosler

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. - Nelson Mandela

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it. - Omar N. Bradley

It's better to have a gun and need it, than to not have a gun and not need it. - Ricky

Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game. - Paul Rodriguez

When I take a gun in hand, the safest place for a pheasant is just opposite the muzzle. - Sydney Smith

Praise is the weapon God gives you to leverage the negative circumstances of your life. - David Evans

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. - Lyndon B Johnson

Like trying a man's finger for having pulled the trigger of a gun which murdered someone. - Malcolm Muggeridge

My tastes are not those of the king, who has none, except for hunting and mechanic's labour. - Marie Antoinette

I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control. - Willie Nelson

Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me. - Robin Wright

You might be a redneck if your favorite hunting dog has a bigger tombstone than your grandfather. - Jeff Foxworthy

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. - Napoleon Hill

I have great, fond memories of Canada. I feel that one day my bones will more than likely end up there. - Aden Young

I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes. - Carroll Shelby

You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox. - Tim Vine

You can take the girl out of Texas but not the Texas out of the girl and ultimately not the girl out of Texas. - Janine Turner

Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today, it's called golf. - Unknown

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. - Albert Einstein

How we think about life's hard knocks can actually determine their impact on us more than the events themselves. - David Hazard

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun. - P G Wodehouse

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. - Unknown

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall. - Thomas Paine

You reached into my soul and rearranged the position of my bones,
You rebuilt my rib cage so your heart could be home. - Unknown

A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills. They'd make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while. - Robin Williams

Dogs display reluctance and wrath
If you try to give them a bath;
They bury bones in hideaways
And half the time they trot sideaways. - Ogden Nash