#oklahoma

Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#governor #head #head coach #oklahoma #position

I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#accurate #american #american values #bit #call

In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#born #buddy #called #children #community

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977. ↗

— Anita Hill

#graduated #i #oklahoma #state #state university

You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma. ↗

— Wanda Jackson

#could #had #heard #hit #oklahoma

As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#european #fit #had #i #last

During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#country #deeply #during #first #grew

Are there any swamps in Oklahoma? Yes, there is. It's called Tulsa. ↗

— Bobby Heenan

#called #oklahoma #swamps #yes

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. ↗

— Blake Shelton

#come #cowboys #friends #guys #had

Oklahoma is very beautiful, and Eric loves beauty, but he already has that in you. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#oklahoma #sookie-stackhouse #beauty