Gutierrez, Raia, Campbell, Head, Perry, Sharp, McCown, Fraser, and RichardsActivist, college prof, and former political candidate José Angel Gutiérrez, quoted in The Dallas Morning News on a march on immigration that drew 500,000: "This is the first real social movement, bottom-up, grass-roots movement of the 21st century. Mexicans and other Latino immigrants are outing themselves and saying, 'You're not inviting me to the table, so I'm taking to the streets.'" Fort Bend County Republican Terese Raia, telling the Houston Chronicle why she and others showed up to disrupt a rally for Democrat Nick Lampson: "We decided we wanted to cause a little a rumpus this morning and show our support for Tom DeLay." Republican Tom Campbell, who finished second in the primary to U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, telling Texas Lawyer how he found out DeLay was quitting: "The home phone went off first. We ignored it, but then my cell phone rang, my wife's phone and then the kids' phone, so we figured we had better answer." Former Rep. Fred Head, the Democratic nominee for comptroller, at a press conference introducing the slate of Democrats running for top state offices: "We've got a lot of underdogs here today." Gov. Rick Perry, asked whether he'll go past the legislature to win support for his tax plan: "I've never run a campaign that I wasn't fully prepared to use every source of advertising available, be it television, radio, newsprint or just good old-fashioned shoe leather." John Sharp, quoted in the El Paso Times on reports that a shift from local property taxes to a new state business tax -- a tax designed by a committee he chaired -- will throw school finance out of balance: "That ain't our fault. That's in the school finance formula. It doesn't make it any worse than what current law is." Scott McCown of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, quoted in the San Antonio Express-News: "If I've got money to change an election, it's going to be a lot easier on me to change your mind. If I'm only trying to change your mind on the basis of your intellect and patriotism, it's much harder." Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Marble Falls, quoted in the San Antonio Express-News on the impact of money from phone companies on telecommunications legislation that passed in 2005: "All their money had zero impact. And here's the reason: Nothing moves through my committee unless I agree with it." Former Gov. Ann Richards, saying she expects a full recovery from cancer, on the reaction she's met: "If I had known people would be so nice to me, I might have done this sooner."