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If you elect me the first Jewish justice of the peace, I'll reduce the speed limits to 54.95!

If you elect me the first Jewish justice of the peace, I'll reduce the speed limits to 54.95!

Kinky Friedman (2007). “You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

A happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life.

"Will Texas get Kinky?". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2005.

An editor's job is to take something great and make it good.

Kinky Friedman (2003). “Meanwhile Back at the Ranch”, Pocket Star Books

My definition of an artist is anyone who's ahead of his time and behind on his rent.

"Kinky Friedman Talks Music, Texas and a Trump/Sanders Ticket". Interview with Jonathan Bernstein, www.rollingstone.com. September 22, 2015.

May the God of your choice bless you.

Kinky Friedman (2007). “You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

Happiness is a moving target.

Kinky Friedman (2008). “What Would Kinky Do?: How to Unscrew a Screwed-Up World”, p.193, Macmillan

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

Kinky Friedman (2007). “You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

I've got a head of hair better than Rick Perry; it's just not in a place I can show you.

"Kinky, a Good Ol' Cigar-chomping, Jewish Cowboy, Might Soon Be Running Texas". www.independent.co.uk. October 22, 2005.

Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody got tired of her.

Kinky Friedman (1993). “Kinky Friedman: Three Complete Mysteries : Greenwich Killing Time/a Case of Lone Star/When the Cat's Away”, Outlet

The art of writing fiction is to sail as dangerously close to the truth as possible without sinking the ship

"Cowboy Logic: The Wit and Wisdom of Kinky Friedman". Book by Kinky Friedman, 2006.

I'm ready for anything. That's probably why it never happens.

Kinky Friedman (2005). “Ten Little New Yorkers: A Novel”, p.53, Simon and Schuster