I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

- Ann Richards

I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

- Ann Richards

We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.

- Ann Richards

Life isn't fair, but government must be.

- Ann Richards

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.

- Ann Richards

Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.

- Ann Richards

Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan …

- Ann Richards

You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.

- Ann Richards

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

- Ann Richards