Cowboy Logic: The Wit and Wisdom of Kinky Friedman (and Some of His Friends) - Softcover

Friedman, Kinky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312331576 ISBN 13: 9780312331573

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2007

Synopsis

Cowboy Logic is filled with the bons mots of our favorite Texas legend, "the oldest Jew in Texas who doesn't own real estate." Complementing his ageless (and outrageous) maxims organized thematically are original cartoons and illustrations by the brilliant Ace Reid.

 

For example:

 

*Always respect your superiors, if you have any.

*Where there's a will, there's a lawyer.

*A happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life.

*Trust me. I'm a Jew. I'll hire good people.

*Happiness is a moving target.

 

Kinky is famous for his one-liners, and here are the best of them.

About this title

About the Author

KINKY FRIEDMAN is a former country music star, Texas Monthly columnist, and an author of a sucessful mystery series. He wants to take things back to a time when the cowboys all sang and their horses were smart. He lives on a ranch in Medina, Texas. To find out more got to www.KinkyFriedman.com or www.utopiarescue.com.

From the Inside Flap

Kinky Friedman is known for many things. He s the irrepressible future governor of Texas. He is the oldest Jew in Texas who doesn t own real estate. And he is notorious for his outrageous one-liners. Cowboy Logic is a distillation of the very best. Complimenting Kinky s timeless maxims are illustrations by the brilliant Ace Reid.
Kinky s Little Red Book is a compilation of his hilarious, insightful, and raunchy one-liners. Some of Kinky s bon mots include:

*There s a fine line between fiction and nonfiction and I believe I snorted it in 1976.

*When the horse dies---get off.Always respect your superiors, if you have any.

*Where there s a will, there s a lawyer.

*A happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life.

*Trust me. I m a Jew. I ll hire good people.

*Happiness is a moving target.


As the old cowboy philosophy of life sums it up Hang on tight, spur hard, and let er buck.

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Chapter One

 
Cowboy Logic
 
Happiness is a moving target.
 
We're not happy until you're not happy.
 
If you're lookin' for a helpin' hand, try the one on the end of your arm.
 
Never dig for treasure with a short-handled shovel.
 
If you can read this, you're standing on my head.
--Cowboy's Epitaph
 
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends off on your saddle.
 
It may not be the easy way, but it's the cowboy way.
 
Anything worth cryin' can be smiled.
 
This country was a better place when the cowboys all sang and their horses were smart.
 
Everything comes out in the wash if you use enough Tide.
 
Never take a whiz on an electric fence.
 
Be yourself--that way you never have to remember who you are.
 
Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given.
 
If you want to wake up in the morning smilin', go to bed with a coat hanger in your mouth.
 
Anybody can drive a straight nail.
 
Only two kinds of people wear cowboy hats: cowboys and assholes.
 
The judges of who is a cowboy should be God and small children.
 
It's okay to think you're a cowboy--unless you happen to run into someone who thinks he's an Indian.
 
Give a cowpoke enough rope and he'll either hog-tie himself or start up a rope factory.
 
Always seek wide open spaces, except between your ears.
 
Cheer up, it only gets worse.
 
Find what you like and let it kill you.
 
Hang on tight, spur hard, and let 'er buck.
 
Copyright © 2006 by Kinky Friedman

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312331576
• ISBN 13: 9780312331573
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208