I knew Bob Bullock. Bob Bullock was a friend of mine, and Dan, you are no Bob Bullock.

Leticia Van de Putte, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, reviving Lloyd Bentsen's famous putdown of Dan Quayle to describe her GOP opponent, Dan Patrick

Wait a minute. GOP. That just stands for 'gringos y otros pendejos.'

State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, offering an alternate reading of a familiar acronym

I think you could really say it’s in a place where it’s gotten away from them, where it really probably is impossible to bring it back. ... The campaign has never been as good as Wendy is.

Unnamed Democratic strategist to The New York Times on perceived difficulties in the Wendy Davis campaign for governor

I say that’s absurd.

Davis, dismissing the notion that she is too far behind in the race for governor to come back

We’re in a political campaign, and the candidate is Uber, and the opponent is an asshole named Taxi.

Travis Kalanick, Uber's CEO, speaking at a conference on the challenges facing the new ride-sharing company

I lament the fact that our governor could now pass for a West Coast metrosexual and has embarrassed us all with his sartorial change of direction.

Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson on Rick Perry's decision to forego his customary cowboy boots