I'm against an income tax ...

I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.
 Ann Richards

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I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.
 Ann Richards
A road to a friend's house is never long.
 Ann Richards
There is a special mystique to Texas. Texans represent many things to the uninitiated: We are bigger than life in our boots and Stetsons, rugged individualists whose two-steppin' has achieved world-wide acclaim, and we were the first to define hospitality.
 Ann Richards
You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be funny. And politics ought to be fun -- after baseball it's our next favorite national pastime.
 Ann Richards
Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
 Ann Richards