Kinky Friedman was born Richard Samet Friedman in Chicago, USA.
Kinky Friedman is an American singer, songwriter, politician, and novelist. He is also the former columnist for 'Texas Monthly'.
In 2006, Kinky Friedman became one of the candidates running for the office of governor of Texas.
He has written over 20 fiction books and more than seven non-fiction books. Some of the famous Kinky Friedman quotes featured here have been taken from his books and are recognized worldwide for being witty.
Some of his famous works include 'Greenwich Killing Time', 'Frequent Flyer', 'Musical Chairs', 'Elvis, Jesus, And Coca-Cola', 'Armadillos And Old Lace', 'God Bless John Wayne', 'Roadkill', 'Blast From The Past', 'Spanking Watson', 'The Mile High Club', 'Steppin' On A Rainbow', 'Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch', 'Curse of The Missing Puppet Head', 'The Prisoner Of Vandam Street', and 'Ten Little New Yorkers'.
Kinky Friedman also penned some satires, and some of his witty quotes are excerpts from these satirical works like, 'Kinky Friedman's Guide To Texas Etiquette: Or How To Get To Heaven Or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth', 'The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic: A Walk In Austin', 'Cowboy Logic: The Wit And Wisdom Of Kinky Friedman (And Some Of His Friends)', 'You Can Lead A Politician To Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments For Texas Politics', and 'What Would Kinky Do?
How To Unscrew A Screwed Up World'.
Keeping all of his works in mind, here is a list of Kinky Friedman quotes that will lighten and brighten up your mood.
Kinky Friedman Quotes On Life
These quotes by Kinky Friedman represent what he had to say about life and the beauty it constitutes.
"When a stray animal crosses your path, it may be as close to God as you're going to get in this lifetime."
"Friday night was the night most people thought they were supposed to have fun. Trouble was most people didn't know what fun was or how to have it, so things usually ended up pretty ugly."
- 'A Case Of Lone Star'.
"We're going to make that Lone Star shine again."
- 'A Case Of Lone Star.'
"Whether your destination is heaven or hell, you always have to change planes in Dallas."
- Kinky Friedman, 12 January, 2021, @FriedmanKinky
"Well, I hate to be the one to take the flyswatter to Tinker Bell, but..."
"He looked like an accountant or a serial-killer type. Definitely one of the service industries."
- 'Elvis, Jesus And Coca Cola'.
"If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong."
"You don't accomplish much by swimming with the mainstream. Hell, a dead fish can do that."
"How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?"
"I don't think where people come from is that important. It doesn't matter if you come from reality TV. The question is whether you can inspire people."
"Remember: Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All y'all's is plural possessive."
"Man's ability to delude himself is infinite."
"But the most dangerous thing in the world in the world is to run the risk of waking up one morning and realizing suddenly that all this time you've been living without really and truly living and by then it's too late. When you wake up to that kind of realization, it's too late for wishes and regrets.
It's even too late to dream."
- 'Kill Two Birds And Get Stoned'.
"Most people, of course, spend their lives caring about the wrong things. The worry about South Africa or Nicaragua. They spend so much time finding themselves that they lose their taxicabs. They don't see that what kind of napkin you get at a delicatessen is a matter of much significance in the world today."
- 'When The Cat's Away', New York (Wings Books).
"In six days the Lord created the heavens and the earth and all the wonders therein. There are some of us who feel that He might have taken just a little more time."
- 'A Case Of Lone Star', New York (Wings Books).
"You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing."
- 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out: Reflections On Country Singers, Presidents, And Other Troublemakers'.
Kinky Friedman Quotes On Love
(These Kinky Friedman quotes show the humble nature of the musician and his take on life.)
Kinky Friedman is a famous personality in the field of music and politics. He is also a cat person. These humorous Kinky Friedman quotes show us his take on love and humanity.
"Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail."
"The child-teacher relationship is crucial."
- 'Kinky Friedman Talks with Bill O'Reilly About Why He Wants to be Governor of Texas'.
"Now I have a cat. Well, that's not quite accurate. A cat and I have each other."
- 'When The Cat's Away', New York (Wings Books).
"The main health hazard in the world today is people who don't love themselves."
- 'When The Cat's Away'.
"People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world."
- Epilogue by Kinky Friedman
"My dear,
Find what you love and let it kill you.
Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.
Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.
For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it's much better to be killed by a lover."
- 'Falsely Yours'.
"True love usually results in a hostage situation."
"You struggle with your demons and you conquer them."
"I rarely meddled in the cat's personal affairs and she rarely meddled in mine. Neither of us was foolish enough to attribute human emotions to our pets."
- Greenwich Killing Time, New York (Wings Books).
Kinky Friedman Quotes On Truth
Want to find a fine line between fiction and non-fiction? These Kinky Friedman quotes can help you distinguish the same in a unique pattern.
"Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest."
- 'Kinky Friedman For Texas Gov?', The Chicago Maroon.
"I'm not for the parties. I'm for Texas."
- 'Kinky Friedman Talks With Bill O'Reilly About Why He Wants To Be Governor Of Texas.'
"I'm going to lower the drinking age to eighteen. If you're old enough to die in Iraq, you're old enough to drink."
"The reason educational spending in Texas is so low is because you don't have a state tax there, and that's why Texas is big growth because you don't tax people to death."
"There's a fine line between fiction and non-fiction and I think I snorted it somewhere in 1979."
- 'The Mile High Club'.
"I never apologize for the truth. And the truth here is that racists come in many different colors."
"If you're lookin' for a helpin' hand, try the one at the end of your arm."
"Poly means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites."
- 'Meet would-be Texas governor Kinky Friedman', Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star.
"You never marry the person you first see 'Casablanca' with."
- 'My Kind Of Holiday', PageSix.Com.
"The art of writing fiction is to sail as dangerously close to the truth as possible without sinking the ship."
"Why did I so passionately require the truth? because all great fiction is true."
- 'Kill Two Birds And Get Stoned'.
"The best fiction is true."
"I came from an upper-middle class home, which is always a hard cross for a country singer to bear."
"The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit. That's very important in my life."
"Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript, at which time we knew we had something pretty hot."
Kinky Friedman Quotes On Leadership
Finishing fourth in a race of six during the 2006 election for the governor of Texas, Kinky Friedman shows incredible qualities of a leader with his views often expressed in mainstream media and music. These Kinky Friedman quotes show some of his qualities with respect to being a great leader.
"I've achieved many of my dreams, and I want to see that some others get a chance to, especially younger Texans."
- 'Governor Kinky?', Los Angeles Times.
"I believe that voices like Ross Perot (search), Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader should be heard. They don't have to be president. Give 'em a chance."
- 'Kinky Friedman Talks With Bill O'Reilly About Why He Wants To Be Governor Of Texas.'
"Inspiration thing is important, to teach the kids that JFK is not an airport, RFK's not a stadium, Martin Luther King ain't a street."
"Politics is the only field of human endeavor where the more experience you have, the worse you get."
- 'You Can Lead A Politician To Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments For Texas Politics'.
"Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody else got tired of her shit."
- 'When The Cat's Away'.
"Never re-elect anybody."
"This is called "spiritual lifting." It's not heavy lifting. The governor of Texas should not be confused with Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's a powerful position. The governor of Texas can't do any heavy lifting really. It's not that powerful a position."
"One thing we are sure of is there's no one like Nelson Mandela out there. That's too bad for us."
- www.axs.com
"The people I respect all died broke and despairing. They didn't leave a lot of hammered iron behind them like Donald Trump has done."
"And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians."
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