* “This is truly a historic moment. For the first time, we have a truly universal agreement on climate change, one of the most crucial problems on earth.”–United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the close of the world climate conference in Le Bourget, France.
* “The best chance we’ve had to save the one planet we’ve got.”–President Barack Obama.
* “The EU and the U.S. are all on Slim-Fast. China’s still hitting fast food but will have to stop soon.”–Paul Bledsoe, former Clinton administration climate official.
* “When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion, it conveys a message of exclusion to all those who do not adhere to the favored beliefs. A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that God prefers some.”–The late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun.
* “I am hereby barring Donald Trump from entering St. Petersburg until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all Trumps.”–St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman’s tweet.
* “Trump’s reckless xenophobia might yet work in a crowded primary; in a general election it’s more likely to lead his party to disaster.”–Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times.
* “It should be heartbreaking to every American that we have a frontrunner in the presidential race that suggests there will be a religious test for anybody who wishes to come to our shores.”–U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Indian Shores.
* “I don’t agree with these folks in Congress, including Senator Rubio, who said that his vote doesn’t matter anymore and that’s why he doesn’t show up. By the way, that’s also baloney.”–Chris Christie.
* “If this was the beginning of a plan to subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elite, I assure you Donald Trump will not be the only one leaving the party.”–Ben Carson, in responding to speculation about a “brokered convention” next summer.
* “She’s (Hillary Clinton) in very good shape compared to where we were in 2008. There already are house parties and phone banks constantly, and that’s a good sign.”–Ashley Walker, who ran Barack Obama’s Florida campaign in 2012.
* “I’ll be the youngest woman president in the history of the United States.”–Hillary Clinton.
* “Digital tools are a boon to reporting, and digital distribution can make a story go global, but digital-era economics have devastated newspaper staffs.”–Margaret Sullivan, New York Times public editor.
* “I would like to … see Cuba go the route of things like ecotourism and embrace those parts of the island you can’t find anywhere else.”–Esther Allen, author and literature professor at Baruch College.
* “Malls just don’t need the big anchors to drive traffic like they used to. They don’t pay rent, so they’re costly to a center if they don’t bring in shoppers.”–Retail analyst Jeff Green.
* “The retail business overall has been okay. But Tampa has been particularly strong.”–Bill Taubman, COO of Taubman Centers Inc. that built and runs International Plaza.
* “What’s particularly insidious, from our standpoint, and not in keeping with public trust is that the (Seminole Tribe) compact was originally sold to the public as a firewall against the further expansion of gambling.”–John Sowinski, president of No Casinos.
* “We always have an open house. Come and get to know us.”–Yahya Chaudhry, spokesman for the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area mosque at Orient Road and East Sligh Avenue.
* “People have got to wake up, they’ve got to stop texting and talking and combing their hair when they are driving. They need to look when they’re crossing the street, and they need to start paying attention.”–Tampa City Councilman Harry Cohen.
* “Obviously there needs to be a very robust and healthy community discussion about it, which didn’t happen last time.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn, on renewed interest in building elevated lanes over Gandy Boulevard.
* “The first ‘Dolphin Tale’ had a $580 million economic impact on the Clearwater area. I’m fairly certain the record tourism in the area has something to do with a film that received tax credits for shooting in Florida.”–John Lux, COO of IDEAS, an Orlando-based media and experience design company.
* “If the county says no, I’m still going to say yes.”–St. Petersburg City Councilman Steve Kornell, who has proposed a city ordinance to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.