12 Kinky Friedman Quotes on Politics

Kinky Friedman quotes on politics

2. 'Poly' means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.

5. So we're arguing on the bus, and he's smoking a joint the size of a large kosher salami. Finally I got really frustrated with him, and I said, 'Look, Willie, this guy is a tyrannical bully and we've got to take him out.' And Willie says, 'No, he's our president, and we've got to stand by him.'

8. Could It Be Any Easier? -campaign slogan

9. When I'm governor ... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.

11. It's not the career politicians that I care about. I want to get them out just like Arnold did in California, and, after that, we'll get the Californians out of Texas.

13. My platform is to remember that when they went out searching for Sam Houston to try to persuade him to be the governor-and he was the greatest governor this state has ever had-rumor has it that they found him drunk sleeping under a bridge with the Indians.

14. Politics is the only field in which the more experience you have, the worse you get.

15. I'll sign anything except bad legislation.

16. I'll keep us out of war with Oklahoma!

18. What has six balls and screws Texans? The Texas Lottery.

20. I won't be bullied, and I can't be bought!

21. I believe that voices like Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader should be heard. They don't have to be president. Give 'em a chance. That's what the guys at the Alamo died for, is to give us a choice besides plastic or paper.