Quotes from Texas Bix Bender

You can just about always stand more 'n you think you can.

After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good that he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: when you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

Remain independent of any source of income that will deprive you of your personal liberties.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a raindance.

gates of hell and on in

butt from a friend

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A good pard is always close by when you're in a tight squeeze. Dn't let

as far as he can on the ice. Or rm TFMW e h length of a conversation between two pards don't tell nothin' about the length of the friendship. Steriing loyalty to friends is required by the code of life. Ask no more and give no less

good pard is a rock, not easily chipped or dented.

You can just about always stand more 'n you think you can.

needed to take a step forward.

always close by when you're in a tight squeeze. Dn't let the sun set on a quarrel with a pard. A good pard will at least pretend

here's no place like your own home on the range, but a good compadre's campfire is a close second. A pard doesn't mind if you think out loud. FMI our friends are the measure

There's a lot more to ridin' a horse than just sittin' in the saddle and lettin' yer feet hang down.

you when you're right and tells you when you're

Only a buzzard feeds on his friends.

pard is somebody you can tell it to with all its rough edges. He'll round

Dn 't get mad at a pard who knows more'n you;

to love our enemies, we have to treat our friends even better. A good pard won't give you away. New and improved

Some waddies take a little time to work it up and spit it out. Give it to 'em. Life ain't so short that you can't take

ride without a friend or two along for company.

The best way to garden is to put on a wide-brimmed straw hat and some old clothes. And with a hoe in one hand and a cold drink in the other, tell somebody else where to dig.