It was not less, but it was not as much.

Comptroller Susan Combs, answering a question on state funding for public schools, reported in the Bryan-College Station Eagle

Hard work beats daddy's money.

Tea Party leader and former congressman Dick Armey to the San Antonio Express-News, on U.S. Senate candidates Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst

Bigotry disguised as religion is still bigotry.

El Paso Mayor John Cook, on a now-defunct ordinance denying benefits to same-sex partners of city employees, quoted in the El Paso Times

Craig--hope you're well. See you Friday. For what it's worth, since you're asking me a Q, it might be worth asking me something about Dew skipping 31 debates (or something else related to his record). Just an idea... Ted.

Ted Cruz in a text message to rival Craig James, who later publicized the text and accused Cruz of trying to rig Friday's U.S. Senate debate

This has challenged me to see if I’ll be a man of my word. I’ve campaigned that I’m going to stand for right and this is simply not right. I leave it now to the press and the public to decide whether this kind of politics is acceptable in 2012 Texas. I hope not.

Craig James in a statement on the text sent to him by Ted Cruz

It smells good, it might even taste good, but it's really lacking in substance.

San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro comparing a Republican-proposed DREAM Act without a path to citizenship to cotton candy