Houston Quotes - Page 3

• I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the theater... We had an African-American housekeeper growing up who was really like my second mother. I thought it was silly - hatred just because of the color of somebody's skin.

  Dennis Quaid

  Mother, Growing Up, Drinking

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• I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.

  Dennis Quaid

  Kids, My Favorite, Astronaut

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• I'm more of an oldies guy. I'll say this - Michael Jackson, best entertainer of all time. Luther Vandross, best male singer of all time. Whitney Houston, best female singer of all time...and when Teddy Pendergrass says turn off the lights, turn 'em off. That's what I got for you.

  Russell Wilson

  Light, Guy, Males

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I am about the people of the United States of America and the people of Houston, Texas.

  Sheila Jackson Lee

  Texas, America, People

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• I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.

  Sheila Jackson Lee

  Citizens, Enron, Corporate

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• Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced.

  Molly Ivins

  Country, Fun, Men

  "The Fun’s in the Fight" by Molly Ivins, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1993.

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• Mariah and Whitney Houston were my goddesses growing up.

  Ariana Grande

  Growing Up, Goddess, Whitney

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• I'm still an English professor at Rice University here in Houston. They've been very generous in letting me on a very long leash to just work on 'The Passage' and its sequels.

  Justin Cronin

  Long, Professors, Passages

  "Inside Justin Cronin's 'The Passage'". Interview with Christian Duchateau, www.cnn.com. May 15, 2011.

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• I came to Houston for a job, the reason most people move halfway across the country with a first grader and a five-week-old. I came here to teach at Rice.

  Justin Cronin

  Country, Jobs, Moving

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• When Whitney Houston died, I felt great sadness. My sadness, of course, was about our collective loss - when you listened to this nightingale sing, your body would drop into a chair, your head would tilt up, a small smile would creep across your face, and inside you knew that there was a higher power somewhere: gifted, beautiful, spiritual.

  James Belushi

  Beautiful, Spiritual, Sadness

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• Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.

  Stephen King

  Numbers, Four, Miles

  Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.32, Anchor

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• Whitney Houston’s cover of “I Will Always Love You” was constantly on my FM Walkman radio around that time. I think that made me cry because I associated it with absolutely no one.

  Tina Fey

  Witty, Love You, Thinking

  Tina Fey (2011). “Bossypants”, p.48, Hachette UK

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• The baby woke up before you did. I took him to the other room to let you get a little more sleep. We've been watching a game." "Did he cry?" "Only when he realized the Astros were having another first-round play-off flame out. But I told him there's no shame in crying over the Astros. It's how we Houston guys bond.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Baby, Sleep, Flames

  Lisa Kleypas (2009). “Smooth Talking Stranger: A Novel”, p.122, St. Martin's Press

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• Houston is a cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex, money and violence. It's a shabby, sprawling metropolis ruled by brazen women, crooked cops and super-rich pansexual cowboys who live by the code of the West -- which can mean just about anything you need it to mean, in a pinch.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Sex, Crazy, Mean

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• We want the clear facts to be reported that we, according to the FBI, have a lower violent crime rate than Atlanta, or Houston, or Dallas, or Miami or San Antonio. To some extent, the perception that's been created is much greater than the reality.

  Marc Morial

  Reality, Atlanta, Perception

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• I'm living three dreams:
  Biggie Smalls', Dr. King, Rodney King's.
  Cause we can't get along, no resolution?
  'Til we drown all these haters...
  Rest in peace to Whitney Houston

  Kanye West

  Dream, Rest In Peace, Kings

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• The Houston Contractors Association is proud to endorse Council Member Oliver Pennington for re-election to Houston City Council. Council Member Pennington understands that infrastructure investment is crucial to protect the long-term economic vitality of our community. We strongly support his efforts on behalf of small businesses and the construction industry while demonstrating his commitment to sound management of the city's budget.

  Jeffrey Nielsen

  Commitment, Cities, Construction Industry

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• A huge Chinese population here in... Houston.

  Bill Walton

  Chinese, Population, Huge

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• It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Funny, Basketball, Nba

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• People have been kind enough to compare me to Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. I think it's amazing that they even put my name in the same sentence.

  Leona Lewis

  Thinking, Names, People

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• From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin, she [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts for skillfully interpreting lyrics and endowing them with new depth and jeweled nuance.

  Aberjhani

  Mother, Cousin, Queens

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• Most everything I do revolves around tae kwon do. That said, I like to be a typical girl and go shopping. I have three nieces and nephews that I like to hang out with. I'm also finishing my last semester at the University of Houston, where I'm majoring in childhood education.

  Diana Lopez

  Girl, Niece, Shopping

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• Westerners respect privacy, and they are very competitive in terms of work and personalities. My teammates in China and I can talk about everything. But with my Houston Rockets teammates, even though we're friends, we cannot ask each other about everything.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Personality, Teammate

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• I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule.

  Bum Phillips

  Athlete, Schedules

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• The former police chief of Houston once said of me: "Frank Abagnale could write a check on toilet paper, drawn on the Confederate States Treasury, sign it 'U.R. Hooked' and cash it at any bank in town, using a Hong Kong driver's license for identification."

  Frank Abagnale

  Writing, Police, Paper

  "Catch Me if You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake". Book by Frank W. Abagnale, 1989.

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