Oklahoma Quotes - page 3

I myself am consummately middle class. We grew up in upper-middle-class suburbs in Oklahoma City, and thats very much the same ethos as what Richard Yates and John Cheever wrote about. (Blake Bailey)
Where I live in Oklahoma, it's all ranchers. My friends are all cowboys and pretty rough guys. If I had a hot tub back there, I may as well have Richard Simmons come over and live with me. View quote
Blake Shelton
I like California but I'm dyed-in-the-wool Oklahoma. I see a deer in L.A., and everybody's standing around it taking pictures. Back home, that's the enemy! View quote
Blake Shelton
People come up to me all the time who saw Dad in 'Oklahoma!' or 'Pajama Game,' and they say they'll never forget it. View quote
Bonnie Raitt
I deeply regret those situations that have blemished the image of the University of Oklahoma, and I hope that I can rectify the embarrassment I have brought the university. View quote
Brian Bosworth
I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage. View quote
Christian Kane
I grew up a wrestler; for a long time in Oklahoma I was a wrestler. View quote
Christian Kane
I think it's awful that the state of Oklahoma a couple of years ago passed this law to give the same tuition to illegals as they do to people who are residents of Oklahoma. I think it's wrong. View quote
Ernest Istook
Disasters like Oklahoma City and 9/11 were time-limited. The children who were affected psychologically could go to a place of normalcy. View quote
Irwin Redlener
Overall, I think any opportunity to expose people to art on a mass level - to have some kid in Oklahoma say to his mother, "I want to be an artist" - is a good thing. View quote
Jeffrey Deitch
Since 2006, we have surpassed Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California in oil production to become the second largest oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas. In 2012, North Dakota produced more than 245 million barrels of oil and provided nearly 11 percent of all U.S. output. (John Hoeven)
You've got to quit judging people just because they have an 'R' or a 'D' in front of their name. We don't do that in Oklahoma. View quote
Markwayne Mullin
Oklahoma has a respect for our neighbors. That's the Oklahoma standard. View quote
Markwayne Mullin
You've got to respect people; you've got to understand where they come from. We know where people in Oklahoma come from - that's why we get along. View quote
Markwayne Mullin
Have you read 'The Grapes of Wrath?' That was my family. My dad was a sharecropper in western Oklahoma. When the dust storms came and everything got wiped out, they came to California. The guys with the mattresses on the tops of their cars in the movie? That was the way it was. View quote
B. Wayne Hughes
With the Gap Band coming from Oklahoma, other artists would tease us by calling us cowboys. We didn't grow up on a ranch, but we took that style to the stage. We knew that it was corny, but at least it was ours. View quote
Charlie Wilson
I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers. View quote
Matt Kemp
I get bored real easy. I'm so used to L.A. and the pace that when I go home now I start thinking, 'Something's not right, something's not feelin' right.' I just gotta do what I gotta do in Oklahoma and get back to the fast-paced city. View quote
Matt Kemp
We did such a great job of creating the interstate highway system in Oklahoma City that we don't have traffic congestion. You can actually get a speeding ticket during rush hour in the city. That's how great our traffic flows. View quote
Mick Cornett
The spoiled superstar brat wouldn't get far in Oklahoma City. We're very value-conscious. Our city was settled in a land run. Those 10,000 people were desperate for a better life. View quote
Mick Cornett
We had a branding problem. We have allowed ourselves to be branded by our tragedies. If you said 'Oklahoma City,' chances are the next word out of your mouth was 'bombing.' (Mick Cornett)
People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them. View quote
Mick Cornett
I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed. View quote
Patti Page
As an undergrad, I studied engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma, and all my degrees are from engineering departments. My father wanted me to join him in the oil-field business in Oklahoma, but I wanted to be a scientist. View quote
Paul McEuen
I grew up in trailer houses in New Mexico, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. View quote
Ronnie Dunn