* “We’re sending a message. We have the capacity to do it. And it will be at the time of our choosing. And under the circumstances that have the greatest impact. He’ll know it.”–Vice President Joe Biden, on a retaliatory cyberstrike scenario against Russia and a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
* “The election is being rigged by corrupt media pushing false allegations and outright lies in an effort to elect Hillary Clinton president. But we are going to stop it. We are not going to back down.”–Donald Trump.
* “I believe the statements that Donald Trump says are disgusting. Disgusting, period. I have spoken to him multiple times, (and) he believes what he said was disgusting. … As Mike Pence, an evangelical Christian, said … I believe in forgiveness. I also believe in the Constitution of the United States.”–Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
* “Strong men, men who are truly role models, don’t need to put down women for themselves to feel powerful. … Now is the time for all of us to stand up and say, enough is enough. This has got to stop right now.”–Michele Obama.
* “(Michelle Obama) has honed a talent–rare in Washington–for rising above pettiness.”–Frank Bruni, New York Times.
* “It seems fair to say that, if Trump loses the election, it will be because women voted against him.”–Statistician and election analyst Nate Silver.
* “I will tell you that if the Republican Party does not evolve, the Republican Party is going to die.”–Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
* “Your vote really, really, really counts. You can consider me as an Exhibit A for that.”--Al Gore, at a Clinton campaign rally in Miami.
* “Disloyal R’s are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They don’t know how to win–I will teach them.”–Donald Trump.
* “Watched ‘Saturday Night Live’ hit job on me. … Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election.”–Donald Trump.
* “There is no getting around it: Donald Trump is cheering on a Russian attempt to influence our election through a crime reminiscent of Watergate, but on a more massive scale.”–Clinton spokesman Glen Caplin.
* “A presidential nominee is largely responsible for his own fate, and circumstances were set up this year for a GOP victory. The Trumpians got the candidate and campaign they wanted, and now they have to own the result.”–Wall Street Journal editorial.
* “Donald Trump’s closing argument is, ‘What do you have to lose?’ The answer is, everything.”–President Barack Obama at a rally in Cleveland.
* “Whatever one may think of the relative merits of the two parties, at least this much can be said: In this election cycle, it has been the Republicans, not their opponents, who have worked, and are still working, to hand the country over to someone who they know in their hearts would be a disaster for the nation’s security.”–Robert Kagan, Brookings Institution senior fellow.
* “Donald J. Trump might be the most ostentatiously unqualified major-party candidate in the 227-year history of the American presidency.”–Atlantic magazine.
* “For the first time in our history, the Arizona Republic will support a Democrat for president. The challenges the United States faces domestically and internationally demand a steady hand, a cool head and the ability to think carefully before acting. Hillary Clinton understands this. Donald Trump does not.”–Arizona Republic editorial.
* “It would be better for everybody down ballot if the Republican nominee for president were bringing folks, rather than shedding them like hair on a German shepherd.”–Florida Republican strategist and lobbyist Mac Stipanovich.
* “I am ecstatic that Bob Dylan has won the Nobel. A great and good thing in a season of sleaze and sadness.”–Stephen King.
* “I’m going to serve six years in the Senate, God willing, and I’m looking forward to it.”–Sen. Marco Rubio in his debate against U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy.
* “As a woman and the mother of two teenage daughters, I find Mr. Trump’s comments disgusting. … I am voting for Donald Trump because he is a better choice over Hillary Clinton, but I will admit, he is making it harder and harder for me to continue to do so.”–State Senate candidate Dana Young, R-Tampa.
* “The Legislature has already passed, and Gov. Rick Scott signed into law, multiple bills declaring that marijuana should be available to certain patients here in Florida. The debate now focuses on how medical marijuana should be regulated and which patients should be eligible to receive this treatment.”–Republican state Sen. Jeff Brandes.
* “Production of our state’s signature crop is down 70 percent from 20 years ago, and the future of Florida citrus depends on a break-through in the fight against greening.”–Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.
* “The synergy is perfectly lined up between Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco … if we combine them, we’ll have a win-win.”–Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long, in calling for a “visionary” plan to consolidate Bay Area transportation agencies.
* “There is politics and there are elections. We run elections.”–Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer.
* “The message we’re sending is so convoluted. I don’t think anybody has any idea what’s going on.”–Tampa City Council member Charlie Miranda, on the DOT’s lack of economic-impact projections regarding Tampa Bay Express.
* “At this time we’re simply not going to expand.”–University of Oklahoma President David Boren, on the Big 12’s expansion decision. USF was among 11 finalists.
* “Don’t let the pressure exceed the pleasure.”–Joe Maddon.