* “MH 370, please contact Ho Chi Minh City 120.9. Good night.”–Last message from Kuala Lumpur air traffic control to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
* “All right, good night.”–Final words heard by air traffic controllers from the cockpit of MH 370 before the plane’s transponder stopped working.
* “There has been surprisingly little outcry against the proposed defense cuts, which would reduce the size of the U.S. Army to its lowest levels since 1940. That’s because people are no longer sure military might gets you very much.”–David Brooks, New York Times.
* “Was the CIA too busy spying on the Senate to spy on Russia?”–Maureen Dowd, New York Times.
* “Mark Zuckerberg is angry that the National Security Agency is violating Facebook users’ privacy, which is a bit like the Silicon Valley equivalent of ‘Get your government hands off my Medicare.'”–Catherine Rampell, Washington Post.
* “Our policy is clear. We hurt those who hurt us.”–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
* “Remember, the right thing to do is also the politically right thing to do.”–The late Florida Gov. Reubin Askew.
* “The devolution of the two-party system has begun. Money is leaving the parties and going to independent expenditure groups. These now are fracturing the ‘big tents’ of our old two-party system into independent, narrow and well-funded wings.”–Rob Stein, a founder of the Democracy Alliance, one of the largest clubs of donors on the left.
* “Slot revenues–which account for the overwhelming majority of money casinos take in–are one-third to one-half funded by individuals with gambling disorders.”–Earl L. Grinols, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Baylor University and author of Gambling In America: Costs And Benefits.
* “We’re not going to approach her until she has time to kind of assess her options. But I believe that if Alex Sink decides to run, she will win in November and we will do everything, and I mean everything, to support her.”–Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel.
* “I love it down here. I love owning the team, and it seems like I’m buying more real estate than I’m selling, so I guess I’m committed.”–Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik.
* “We want to keep the program because it works. Crashes are down, and so are citations. We are changing driving habits and ultimately making our roadways safer.”–Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor on Tampa retaining its red-light camera program.
* “So what? That’s life.”–Benjamin Mallah Sr., the latest bidder on Channelside Bay Complex, on the legal issues clouding Channelside’s future.
* “The ad valorem property tax rebound usually lags a year to two behind. Most of the projects that are coming out of the ground now have not (received certificates of occupancy), so we’re not collecting taxes yet.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn, on why the 2015 budget will probably include a shortfall between $10 million and $15 million.
* “The fact that we need bigger libraries and that we need expanded services shows that we’re still as relevant today as 100 years ago.”–Margaret Rials, a chief librarian with the Hillsborough County Library Cooperative.
* “No one entity has overriding authority. We need to be working more collaboratively.”–Hillsborough County Commissioner Mark Sharpe, on the county’s fragmented transportation agencies.