Not attending the debates would just reinforce the image that he’s not ready for prime time — that he can’t compete on that playing field, therefore he’s choosing not to play.

Mark Jones, a professor of political science at Rice University, to the San Antonio Express-News on talk that Gov. Rick Perry will opt out of future debates

I can tell you that after the first 45 minutes I was tempted to walk off that stage.

Presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas, quoted by the Des Moines Register after the latest GOP debate

I voted for it but it was not in my best interests to do so.

State Rep. Raul Torres, R-Corpus Christi, on the redistricting map he's hoping the federal courts will overturn, quoted by the Rio Grande Guardian

Every once in a while, you hear of somebody making a clean break, but that is few and far between. If you put on airs, and there is nobody that has your back, they will rat you out in a second.

Retired FBI agent Peter Hanna, who investigated the notorious Gulf Cartel for years, to the Houston Chronicle on the capture of Rafael Cardenas Vela, nephew of the imprisoned cartel kingpin Osiel Cardenas Guillen

Get the ginger ale ready!

U.S. Senate candidate Tom Leppert, a Rangers fan jumping the gun on Twitter during Game 6 of the World Series