Patrick, Tinley, Renee, and McReynolds

Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, talking about the state's steroid testing program in the San Antonio Express-News: "I don't want to diminish the seriousness of steroids, but you can't take a sledgehammer to kill a gnat. Spending $1.5 million per kid is ludicrous."

Kerr County Judge Pat Tinley, telling the Kerrville Daily Times that Schleicher County shouldn't have to pay $7 million in bills resulting from the state's raid on the FLDS compound in Eldorado: "It wasn't their party, it was the state's party. The state opted for the party and they ought to pay for it. Plain, pure and simple."

Yvonne Renee, a high school freshman who's thought about someday running for office, quoted by the Brownsville Herald after watching a raucous city council meeting: "I don't know if it's for me. I'm not that disrespectful."

Rep. Jim McReynolds, D-Lufkin, quoted in the Lufkin Daily News about an ongoing court fight over the proposed Fastrill Reservoir in East Texas: "We're proud of our natural resources, but we don't want to be paying Dallas a nickel to drink our own water."