I’ve been on Cruz since Day One. ... He’s smart, he has a message and he’s positioned himself just right in this race.

Democratic political consultant James Carville, who's so confident Ted Cruz will win the GOP presidential nod that he made an online wager on Cruz

Ronald Reagan had a personality that enabled him to persuade people of diverse ideologies to support his point of view. Ted Cruz persuades people who share his ideology to oppose his point of view.

Josh Holmes, former chief to staff to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, to The New York Times on perceptions that Cruz does not get along well with his congressional colleagues

It’s almost the reverse of why not support Cruz? I say that to all conservatives; this is the candidate we’ve been waiting for for 25 years.

Conservative leader Richard A. Viguerie to Politico on why he supports Cruz

This morning at about 3 in the morning I woke up and said to myself, ‘Elliott, who are you kidding? Of course you’re going to run.’

State Rep. Elliott Naishtat, D-Austin, confirming plans to run for re-election before changing his mind later and announcing he would withdraw his candidacy

Ninety minutes into the meeting, we were still trying to agree what the hell a vegetable was. That was a dark moment.

David Katz of Yale University on getting a group of top nutrition scientists last month to agree on what makes for healthy eating