Kinky Friedman

Kinky Friedman

13 quotes

As an American singer-songwriter, writer and politician, Kinky Friedman earned a lasting place in the canon of memorable quotations. The range of their thinking — from Money to Work — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 16 quotes from Kinky Friedman, each offering a different angle on Money, Work, War, Truth, and Respect. As Kinky Friedman put it: "I've always said money may buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail."

“How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?”

— Kinky Friedman

Design

All Quotes by Kinky Friedman

“I've always said money may buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail.”

— Kinky Friedman

Money

“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

Work

“Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.”

— Kinky Friedman

Money

“We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning.”

— Kinky Friedman

Education

“No, nothing has changed in my life at all, and nothing would change if I had millions.”

— Kinky Friedman

Change

“Politics is the only field in which the more experience you have, the worse you get.”

— Kinky Friedman

Experience

“I'll keep us out of war with Oklahoma!”

— Kinky Friedman

War

“I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.”

— Kinky Friedman

Marriage

“I never apologize for the truth. And the truth here is that racists come in many different colors.”

— Kinky Friedman

Truth

“Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.”

— Kinky Friedman

Beauty

“How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?”

— Kinky Friedman

Design

“Well, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people.”

— Kinky Friedman

Home

“May the God of your choice bless and keep you. I respect Him as long as He does not circumcise me anymore.”

— Kinky Friedman

God