Kinky Friedman Famous Quotes & Sayings
100 Kinky Friedman Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
I don't see how the people who created the problem can fix it. Texas is worth fighting for, and the best way to fight is to get the politicians out of politics.— Kinky Friedman

You've got to find what you love and let it kill you. I don't think any of us should ever forget that.— Kinky Friedman

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.— Kinky Friedman

I am not anti-death penalty, but I'm damned sure anti-the-wrong-guy-getting-executed.— Kinky Friedman

He looked like an accountant or a serial-killer type. Definitely one of the service industries.— Kinky Friedman

I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.— Kinky Friedman

I believe that voices like Ross Perot (search), Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader should be heard. They don't have to be president. Give 'em a chance.— Kinky Friedman

The system is not perfect. Until it's perfect, let's do away with the death penalty.— Kinky Friedman

Always beware of people offering you one-time money. That only works in an election year. How are you going to permanently pay for education?— Kinky Friedman

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.— Kinky Friedman

No, nothing has changed in my life at all, and nothing would change if I had millions.— Kinky Friedman

Yes, I'm a Judeo-Christian. Jesus and Moses are in my heart, and ... both of them were independents, by the way.— Kinky Friedman

I never apologize for the truth. And the truth here is that racists come in many different colors.— Kinky Friedman

Regaring Politics: You've got your cats on one side and your dogs on the other; someone has to walk the fence and feed the animals. - Kinky Friedman— Ray Palla

Well, I hate to be the one to take the flyswatter to Tinker Bell, but ...— Kinky Friedman

We've had to be creative to get on the ballot.— Kinky Friedman

I'm ready for anything. That's probably why it never happens.— Kinky Friedman

I've been in true love many times. I just try to avoid it as much as possible. For if there's one thing I know about true love, it is that sooner or later, it results in a hostage situation.— Kinky Friedman

I don't think I have even achieved fame. Of course, Hemingway says that fame is death's little sister.— Kinky Friedman

Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody else got tired of her shit— Kinky Friedman

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

Wandering around back stage at a willie Nelson concert is a bit like being the parrot on the shoulder of the guy who's running the Ferris wheel. It's not the best seat in the house, but you see enough lights, action, people, and confusion to make you wonder if anybody knows what the hell's going on. If you're sitting out front, of course, it all rolls along as smoothly as a German train schedule, but as Willie, like any great magician, would be the first to point out, the real show is never in the center ring. As Willie always says, Fortunately, we're not in control.— Kinky Friedman

The main health hazard in the world today is people who don't love themselves.— Kinky Friedman

When a stray animal crosses your path, it may be as close to God as you're going to get in this lifetime.— Kinky Friedman

May the God of your choice bless and keep you. I respect Him as long as He does not circumcise me anymore.— Kinky Friedman

In six days the Lord created the heavens and the earth and all the wonders therein. There are some of us who feel that He might have taken just a little more time.— Kinky Friedman

The only thing that really differentiates Texas from any other place in the world is the proclivity of its people to urinate outdoors and to attach a certain amount of importance to this popular pastime.— Kinky Friedman

I'm going to lower the drinking age to eighteen. If you're old enough to die in Iraq, you're old enough to drink.— Kinky Friedman

Never re-elect anybody— Kinky Friedman

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

I'm not afraid to live. I'm not afraid to fail. I'm not afraid to succeed. I'm not afraid to fall in love. I'm not afraid to be alone. I'm just afraid I might have to stop talking about myself for five minutes.— Kinky Friedman

On the whole I prefer cats to women because cats seldom if ever use the word 'relationship'.— Kinky Friedman

In April 1933, Willie's mother, Myrle, gave birth to him in a manger somewhere along the old highway between Waco & Dallas. There were angels in attendance that night. Some of them, no doubt, flying too close to the ground:— Kinky Friedman

Friday night was the night most people thought they were supposed to have fun. Trouble was most people didn't know what fun was or how to have it, so things usually ended up pretty ugly.— Kinky Friedman

Why did i so passionately require the truth? because all great fiction is true— Kinky Friedman

The Poodle— Elyse Friedman
The poodle -- nature's most perfect food -- was invented by Otto Van Plotsberg in 1872. According to Van Plotsberg he had only just begun experimenting with kinky hair and extra toes when he happened upon the formula for poodles. Van Plotsberg's first poodles sported only one leg -- a stumpy appendage protruding from the center of the body. These crude early versions (commonly inverted and used as hat stands) were soon abandoned in favor of the superior French model, which featured a winning smile and four limbs positioned strategically around the torso. Thus began the dizzying proliferation of the modern-day poodle -- hampered temporarily by a 1909 decree which stated that "Henceforth all poodles shall bear the name Svee," marking a slight decline in the population until the edict was overturned. Today, poodles inhabit every corner of the earth. Witness the African Killer Poodle, The Wild Poodles of Borneo, and the elusive Giant Swamp Poodle of Denchai.

I believe that Willy Nelson is the hillbilly Dalai Lama.— Kinky Friedman

Now I have a cat. Well, that's not quite accurate. A cat and I have each other.— Kinky Friedman

Man's ability to delude himself is infinite.— Kinky Friedman

The distance between the limousine and the gutter is a short one.— Kinky Friedman

My plan is to bring back like the Bracero Program (search) from 1944 that ran for 20 years where the Mexican government vets these people. I mean, they pay for it, and they get green cards, and they're actually legitimate. And then seal the border.— Kinky Friedman

You don't accomplish much by swimming with the mainstream. Hell, a dead fish can do that.— Kinky Friedman

Young people are the key to this election.— Kinky Friedman

The child-teacher relationship is crucial.— Kinky Friedman

You have to work at it if you want to be a good smoker. Especially today with all the non-smoking world constantly harassing you.— Kinky Friedman

We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning.— Kinky Friedman

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

Politics is the only field of human endeavor where the more experience you have, the worse you get.— Kinky Friedman

We're going to make that Lone Star shine again— Kinky Friedman

I don't apologize to people who try to intimidate.— Kinky Friedman

There are more inspirational people in music than there are in politics.— Kinky Friedman

I admit to drinking it, but I did not swallow.— Kinky Friedman

A fool and his money are soon elected— Kinky Friedman

I'd felt that a man without a woman was like a neck without a pain.— Kinky Friedman

Poly means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.— Kinky Friedman

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

Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.— Kinky Friedman

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

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

I don't believe in carrying a weapon. If somebody wants to shoot me, he'll have to bring his own gun.— Kinky Friedman

But the most dangerous thing in the world in the world is to run the risk of waking up one morning and realizing suddenly that all this time you've been living without really and truly living and by then it's too late. When you wake up to that kind of realization, it's too late for wishes and regrets. It's even too late to dream.— Kinky Friedman

My definition of an artist is anyone who's ahead of his time and behind on his rent.— Kinky Friedman

I was so high, I needed a stepladder to scratch my own ass.— Kinky Friedman

If you elect me the first Jewish justice of the peace, I'll reduce the speed limits to 54.95!— Kinky Friedman

The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themself in the mirror.— Kinky Friedman

I'm too young for Medicare and too old for women to care.— Kinky Friedman

I owe my discovery of the Hot Club of Cowtown to Kinky Friedman, leader of the Texas Jewboys. When I saw that Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys were headlining the 2003 Santa Clarita Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, I thought it my duty to check out the band that had inspired the Texas Jewboys.— Clive Sinclair

If you don't love Jesus-go to hell!— Kinky Friedman

We were a country band with a social conscience.— Kinky Friedman

I want to fight the wussification of the State of Texas. I want to rise and shine and bring back the glory.— Kinky Friedman

The best fiction is true.— Kinky Friedman

I came from an upper-middle class home, which is always a hard cross for a country singer to bear.— Kinky Friedman

You struggle with your demons and you conquer them.— Kinky Friedman

We're all worm bait waiting to happen. It's what you do while you wait that matters.— Kinky Friedman

Happiness is a moving target.— Kinky Friedman

The teachers are getting screwed, blued, and tattooed by the system.— Kinky Friedman

People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world.— Kinky Friedman

I don't apologize to people with an agenda.— Kinky Friedman

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

Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript, at which time we knew we had something pretty hot.— Kinky Friedman

Rocky Hawkins has written a rare, fun and beautiful book. If you don't believe me, read it for yourself.— Kinky Friedman

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.— Kinky Friedman

Well, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people.— Kinky Friedman

No matter where you go, you always see yourself in the rearview mirror.— Kinky Friedman

A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.— Kinky Friedman

The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount.— Kinky Friedman

God created whiskey to keep the Irish from taking over the world.— Kinky Friedman

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.— Kinky Friedman

Cuban cigars is a big expense because I do smoke a lot of them, eight to 12 a day, so that would be almost as bad as a cocaine habit, a hundred bucks a day.— Kinky Friedman

I admit I was drinking a Guinness ... but I did not swallow.— Kinky Friedman

How hard can it be?— Kinky Friedman

I'm also for gay marriage, because I say they have every right to be just as miserable as the rest of us. Love is bigger than government. And Texas, by the way, has a very progressive law about gay couples adopting kids. We just won't let them get married. So that's not common sense.— Kinky Friedman

Remember, the Legislature is the joke, not our campaign.— Kinky Friedman
