Quoteworthy

  • “We live in an incredible universe. There’s all sorts of hypotheses that suggest that the three-dimensional universe which we live in isn’t quite so easy to explain.”—Luis Elizondo, former head of the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program.
  • “The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”—Former CIA Director John Brennan on UFOs.
  • “I am calling on all states to stop denying—and start dismantling—racism.”—United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.
  • “I was shocked that she would accept something from Speaker Pelosi.”—House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy’s reaction to Nancy Pelosi naming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to a new select committee on the violent Jan. 6 insurrection.
  • “No Republican will vote for human infrastructure legislation.”—Jonah Goldberg, The Dispatch.
  • “How did politics become so sclerotic? … Sharp partisanship creates gridlock. Loose campaign finance rules let wealthy donors torpedo inconvenient legislation. And as the traditional news media gives way to social media, representatives talk more but do less.”—Northwestern University history professor Daniel Immerwahr.
  • “Touting ingredients as ‘local’ and ‘sustainable’ sounds good, but those terms aren’t uniformly regulated.”—Helaine Olen, Washington Post.
  • “The function of freedom is to free someone else.”—Toni Morrison.
  • “It is long past time the United States recognized the contributions of black and indigenous soldiers to the founding of the nation. These troops represented one-quarter of the fighting strength of George Washington’s Continental Army by the march to victory in Yorktown in 1781.”—U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J.
  • “Here’s the thing kids. There actually was a world before you got here. We date human events A.D. and B.C., but we need a third marker for millennials and Gen Z: B.Y. Before you.”—Comedian Kevin Hart.
  • “If Republican lawmakers were interested in real intellectual diversity, they would welcome the teaching of critical race HISTORY, which provides a more accurate account of how American democracy long eviscerated citizenship rights of black folks and placed continuing barriers that hamper the ability of marginalized groups to achieve success.”—USF historian Steven F. Austin.
  • “The old Marxism used class warfare to divide people. The new Marxism uses identity politics. But the goal is the same.”—Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
  • “Unfortunately, now the norm (for university campuses) is, these are more intellectually repressive environments.”—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  • “We knew leisure travel would be the first to come back from the pandemic, but we were still surprised by the turnout. …People are coming from all over.”—Miguel Diaz, area director of sales and marketing for the Wyndham Grand on Clearwater Beach, where occupancy through July tops 95 percent.
  • “We have a gang-violence problem in Tampa and Hillsborough County.”—Hillsborough County Commissioner Les Miller.
  • “The Tampa swagger that I talked about for eight years is alive and well, and the world is paying attention.”—Former Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, in reference to a report from Resonance Consultancy, a tourism and economic development agency, that ranked Tampa as the best city in Florida—and number 23 nationally.
  • “For many low-income families, broadband services and connected devices, like smartphones and laptops, are an unaffordable luxury, despite the fact that internet access can be considered a necessity.”—Stanley Gray, executive director of the Urban League of Hillsborough County.
  • “Many people seem to think that the arts begin and end at the Straz Center and Tampa Museum of Art and Tampa Theatre, and there’s so much more to the arts here in Tampa that need to be seen.”—Tampa Arts Alliance co-founder and chairman Neil Gobioff.
  • “I think the mayor has done a decent job. She’s listened to Council. I mean the way this council is set up, we question everything.”—Tampa City Council Chairman Orlando Gudes.
  • “People follow what’s going on in sports, and they know that at least right now, Tampa Bay is kicking ass.”—Jeff Vinik.
  • “You really have to immortalize the moment that you’re living. You just never know what those lasting images can create.”—Visit Tampa Bay president and CEO Santiago Corrada.
  • “We’re a mid-size market, but when it comes to sports, we are top-tier.”—Former Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio.

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