Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.

You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.

The fight for the future of Texas is just beginning.

The last thing Texas women need in their lives is Greg Abbott.

Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.

A tree fell on Greg Abbott - he sued and got millions.

Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future.

Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.

I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence.

The best of Texas is yet to come.

I am running for my Senate district in 2014 and looking forward hopefully to earning the confidence of my community once again and being reelected for that seat.

Clovis believed that if a lie was worth telling it was worth telling well.

In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war.

Michael Phelps is a good friend of mine, so I'm very supportive of him.

And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow'd them with her odorous foot.

There are only three men in the world who are licensed to wear shorts: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise.

Scandal is only human.

Pain only matters when it happens to someone important.

Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.

In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.

I think at some point you have to empower others and really allow everyone else to do what they're hired to do and what they're brought onto the team to do.