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Quotes About Houston

I started in musical theater as a little girl in Houston.
~ Chandra Wilson
I later learned that Houston's "gig" was to "trancesport"/transport Cathy and little Kelly to the infamous Bohemian Grove for prostitution.
~ Cathy O'Brien
Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.
~ Philip Johnson
With Houston, the H stands for 'hustle.' There's a billboard that says, 'Houston, hustle, heart, and home.' That encompasses Houston.
~ Paul Wall
I was just 18 years old, excited about being drafted to the N.B.A. I felt like all of Houston was watching me. My high school was watching me. I think they had a draft party at my coach's house. I'll never forget that day, being in the green room with my family and my agent.
~ Rashard Lewis
New Jersey makes important contributions to the space program. We want to make sure it just doesn't happen in Houston.
~ Rodney Frelinghuysen
We're going to Houston?" "California. Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, to be precise." He crossed the room and reached for the door. "We need to interview some SEALs.
~ Laura Griffin
I am about the people of the United States of America and the people of Houston, Texas.
~ Sheila Jackson Lee
I absolutely do not think it's a foregone conclusion that we're going to lose our coach. Tom Herman loves the University of Houston. He's happy to be coaching at the University of Houston, and I think there are only a few places Tom Herman would even consider.
~ Tilman J. Fertitta
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
My formative years were in Houston. I was in middle school, and everyone was dropping the last half of their names and adding an 'o' to the end. My little crew that I had, we were an all-female rap group, and everyone had an 'o' at the end of their name. I was Lisso. Then this dude started getting lazy with it, saying Lizzo.
~ Lizzo
When I was 12 years old, I met Bushwick Bill at the Houston Airport. He was by himself and with a whole, big ole thing of luggage - about 10 people worth of luggage. He was just sitting there by himself, asleep, knocked out at about noon or one in the afternoon. Me not knowing no better, I walk up to him, wake him up like, 'Man, you Bushwick Bill?'
~ Paul Wall
I don't know how to explain it. A lot of Christians actually like other Christians in Houston. A lot of Christians even like non-Christians in Houston. And, on frequent occasions, a fair amount of non-Christians like us.
~ Beth Moore
The fact that we once knew each other in Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas, and that we were both still alive and ambulatory, was a miracle in itself. Where we came from he's dead was as common a phrase as he's sick or he's saved. People died in our world with appalling regularity.
~ Walter Mosley
Houston's one of the most diverse urban areas in the entire country, and most people here are really proud of that.
~ Laura Moser
I thought Houston was a small and good stepping stone for me to get my career back on track and get a chance to compete somewhere and get that opportunity to start.
~ Matt Leinart
Two of our biggest stores are in Dallas NorthPark and Houston Galleria, where the economy and our customers' business interests are heavily dependent on the oil and gas industry.
~ Karen Katz
I feel like Houston is one of the leading things in music culture. Everyone loves the Houston culture. It needs to have its own monument, its own moment for artists like me, artists like Beyonce who set it off.
~ Travis Scott
In 2011, my wife, Courtney, and I, with my amazing mother and sister, opened the Nantz National Alzheimer Center at Houston Methodist Hospital.
~ Jim Nantz
Among the zealous members of the Gobineau Society in Germany was Houston Stewart Chamberlain, whose life and works constitute one of the most fascinating ironies in the inexorable course of history which led to the rise and fall of the Third Reich.
~ William L. Shirer
Flooding is the most urgent issue that Houstonians are facing.
~ Dan Crenshaw
I was born in Houston, Texas. I grew up in Houston, by Missouri City. It's, like, a suburb in the area; it's middle-class. But I used to stay with my grandma in the hood from ages one to six.
~ Travis Scott
A stronger global hub at Bush means a stronger economic future for Houston.
~ Kevin Brady
Well, the Argentinians are very attached to their athletes, and you know, there are some cities with a big Argentinean community. Miami is the main one for sure, Orlando, Houston, Denver.
~ Manu Ginobili