Gramm, Strayhorn, Stein, Radnofsky, LeBas, Perryman, and Priest Former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, telling the Washington Post that his presidential campaign didn't pay for an endorsement from then-Gov. George Ryan of Illinois: "It's a difference between love and prostitution. It's the same in ordinary life. You don't pay people to be your friends." Republican gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn, telling the San Antonio Express-News why she's been so quiet of late: "The Capitol press corps... (and) people in general are going to focus on this after the holidays. And frankly, everything I'm doing is gearing up to that." Rice University political scientist Bob Stein, in the San Antonio Express-News, on the Perry-Strayhorn matchup: "Strayhorn would look like a very decent candidate if she were running against him in an all-comers race. This isn't an all-comers race. She's not right of Genghis Khan. Nor are most Republicans. But most Republicans don't vote in the primary." Barbara Ann Radnofsky, quoted in the Austin American-Statesman after U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, her opponent, appeared in a parade honoring Hutchison and other former University of Texas cheerleaders: "She's running the fluffiest race you can imagine." James LeBas, director of financial analysis for the governor's task force on taxes, on the current tax structure: "We're not growing out of a problem. We're growing our way into it. The more we grow, the worse it gets." Economist Ray Perryman, talking about the politics around personal income taxes: "It's often said that it's a religious issue and not an economic issue in Texas." Judge Pat Priest, giving reporters his home office phone number and asking them not to abuse it: "I do not have a staff. My wife does not have a staff. Nobody else lives there." And later, speaking to the spectators in his courtroom during a break in procedural arguments in Tom DeLay's campaign finance case: ""It's going to be like this all day. If you came here expecting to be entertained, it's just not going to happen."