We were at such a fever pitch over getting to setting the referendum date and amount ... that I think read more

We were at such a fever pitch over getting to setting the referendum date and amount ... that I think having gotten to that point everybody heaved a sigh of relief and the air went out of the tires.

In an urban forest, there is strength in diversity - in age and in species. Seventy-year-old willow oaks are all read more

In an urban forest, there is strength in diversity - in age and in species. Seventy-year-old willow oaks are all going to decline within a decade of each other.

You're dealing with an exceedingly wealthy industry. If you hit them with a verdict of few million dollars, they could read more

You're dealing with an exceedingly wealthy industry. If you hit them with a verdict of few million dollars, they could probably take that out of small change, ... The point of a punitive damage verdict is to punish the company for its wrongdoing. $3 billion (would) punish it.

What is going on in the political process is a transition from war to peace. After 22 years of war, read more

What is going on in the political process is a transition from war to peace. After 22 years of war, we have won the war, virtually, and we have to win the peace.

I am personally proud to fight for the cause of open government in the state of Texas,

I am personally proud to fight for the cause of open government in the state of Texas,

My staff and I, we're proud of what we did this year with a young team. You can look at read more

My staff and I, we're proud of what we did this year with a young team. You can look at our record and yeah, it's not pretty. But as far as the direction the program was going, there's no doubt we were moving up.

I knew we were quick on defense, but they needed to be game-tested. We needed to see if they'd hit read more

I knew we were quick on defense, but they needed to be game-tested. We needed to see if they'd hit somebody.

There is no need to hide the reality from the world.

There is no need to hide the reality from the world.

As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many read more

As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music.