* “History will remember that Spain, Norway and Ireland decided to award a gold medal to Hamas murderers and rapists.”–Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, on the three countries saying they would recognize a Palestinian State.
* “Geo-economic fragmentation could end in military conflicts, just as it did during the 1930s.”–Barry Poulson, Heartland Institute.
* “The way to defeat Beijing economically is by making America more competitive. This means playing to traditional strengths of innovation, low taxes and regulation, and trade alliances.”–Wall Street Journal.
* “I wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics.”–Theodore Roosevelt.
* “It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.”–The late literary critic Lionel Trilling.
* A conservative is someone who “clings to something and does not want to see beyond that. … It’s one thing to take tradition into account, to consider situations from the past, but quite another to be closed up inside a dogmatic box.”–Pope Francis, on the conservative backlash against his papacy.
* “There’s been a lot of positive things that have happened. It’s not too late.”–Nobel Prize-winning scientist Terry L. Root, on science ultimately winning out and planet-warming emissions falling.
* “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.”–Carson McCullers.
* “I will not be intimidated.”–Attorney General Merrick Garland.
* “I think (Andrew Warren’s) got an awful lot of support.”–Former Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman.
* “I’m excited by the progress that’s being made to bring Brightline to Tampa.”–Tampa Mayor Jane Castor.
* “Build on the vibrant atmosphere at Amalie Arena by providing a complementary and unique experience.”–Josh Taube, CEO of Strategic Property Partners, on announcing plans to add an office complex, a mixed-use entertainment destination and a condo tower to the Water Street neighborhood.
* “(Tampa) is a city that has the most diversified employment base in Florida. … We think that the growth that you’re seeing now is nothing what you’re going to see in the next decade.”–Jorge Perez, founder and CEO of the Related Group, the Miami-based developer.