Quotes of the Week

Politicians used to be taught ‘don’t write if you can say it, don’t say it if you can nod.’ ‘Don’t email it’ is the updated version, and a very smart way to avoid embarrassment and possibly jail.

GOP strategist John Feehery to The New York Times on politicians keeping up with the technological times

Ironically, what could do something about it is a number of wealthier donors getting ripped off. They have more clout with legislators.

Former FEC lawyer Larry Noble on the need to further regulate super PACs after reports that some of them might be fleecing donors

It’s sort of interesting to think of her now as a potential first lady sort of person because that’s not how I saw her back then. I just didn’t see her as making her career about her husband. … I see her as being a lot deeper than that.

Brock Blomberg to BuzzFeed News about former Treasury colleague Heidi Cruz

If you talk to Texans, they’ll always say, ‘I’m scared to death of Kay Granger.’ It is kind of funny. But there’s a seriousness to it. Absolutely.

U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, to Roll Call on a reputation for determination built up over an 18-year career in Congress

If I knew the next frontier, I would start it myself, and then I would become a 25-year-old billionaire, like all these other people.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to Politico last week when asked what the next frontier in social media might be