No. I think the people have decided that question. Twice.

Former Comptroller John Sharp, after being selected to run the Texas A&M University System, on whether he'll seek political office again in the future

I will be out of the office starting  08/15/2011 and will not return until 11/07/2012.

The auto-response email of an optimistic Robert Black, who's on leave to work for Perry's presidential campaign.

He is entitled to some credit, but not alone. There are other people who have been very instrumental in directing our state in the proper direction – you know, George W. Bush, the Texas Legislature, all of our elected leadership here. But the governor’s entitled to a lot of credit, he’s gonna be a contender in this primary.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, on Laura Ingraham's radio show, on Rick Perry

I'll cut him some slack. He's only been at it for a few days now.

Barack Obama, in response to Rick Perry's suggestion that members of the U.S. military don't respect the president

I got tickled by watching Gov. Perry announce … for president. He’s a good-looking rascal.

Bill Clinton, at a firefighters conference in New York City on Monday

I have heard people say, 'Now, wait a minute, you Tea Party types, y'all are angry.' We're not angry, we're indignant.

Rick Perry at a campaign stop in Waterloo, Iowa

Today's decision, is quite frankly not enough. The President has the power to grant deferred action before a student is subjected to deportation. He has the power to stop this unnecessary emotional trauma before it inflicts an entire family.

Austin-based immigrant rights group University Leadership Initiative on the Obama administration's announcement that it will review and possibly release from detention immigrants who present a "low risk" to the safety of the nation who are in deportation proceedings, in a statement

Far too few of their high school graduates are actually prepared to go on to college. I feel very, very badly for the children there.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Texas' public education system, in Bloomberg

I have to go to the bathroom and throw up.

U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, on Perry's bid for president.