Quotes of the Week

Well, I do wish that Regent Hall would not have sued me, obviously.

UT System Chancellor William McRaven in a Texas Monthly interview, because regrets, he's had a few

So I am not a believer, and I will, unless somebody can prove something to me, I believe there’s weather.

GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, declaring himself a non-believer in manmade climate change in an interview on the Hugh Hewitt radio show

I believe the death penalty is a recognition of the preciousness of human life, that for the most egregious crimes, the ultimate punishment should apply.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, disagreeing with Pope Francis' position against the death penalty, a view the pontiff restated in a historic address Thursday to a joint session of Congress

The last thing we want to do is put handcuffs on a kid unjustifiably. ... It looks like the commitment to law enforcement may have gone too far and didn’t balance all the facts.

Gov. Greg Abbott on the arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old student from Irving who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school

Houston is always a leader.

Thomas Bazan, precinct chairman and author of a "no confidence" resolution against House Speaker John Boehner that was adopted by the Harris County Republican Party executive committee this week

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

The endlessly quotable Yogi Berra, who passed away this week at the age of 90