* “What interests Israel is Israel. Romney has a very pro-Israel stance. He is very suspicious of the Arab world. (Israelis) are very suspicious of Obama.”–Israeli political scientist Abraham Diskin.
* “The ECB (European Central Bank) is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro.”–ECB President Mario Draghi.
* “When you’re commander in chief, you owe the troops a plan. You owe the country a plan. That includes recognizing not just how to begin wars but how to end them.”–President Barack Obama.
* “It won’t help him win many votes this year, but it should be noted that Barack Obama has been a good foreign policy president. He, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the rest of his team have created a style of policymaking that is flexible, incremental and well adapted to specific circumstances. Following a foreign policy hedgehog, Obama’s been a pretty effective fox.”–David Brooks, New York Times.
* “I’m sure Obama’s attacks on Romney’s career at Bain Capital have hurt Romney, but they also seem to have hurt Obama–diverting him from offering a big optimistic message. … The president is punching so below his weight. It’s like watching Tiger Woods playing Putt-Putt or Babe Ruth bunting. Obama is better than this.”–Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times.
* “I wouldn’t accept the proposition that the Fed has no more ammunition. I do think that our tools, while they are nonstandard, still can create more accommodative financial conditions, can still provide support for the economy, can still help us return to a more normal economic situation.”–Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
* “There’s a semi-safe haven status for U.S. stocks. Investors aren’t going to buy emerging markets because those economies are slowing, they’re definitely not going to buy Europe, but the U.S. is most likely going to be OK.”–Robert Doll, senior advisor at money-management firm BlackRock.
* “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, ‘We know better than You as to what constitutes a marriage.'”–Gay marriage opponent Dan Cathy, president of Chick-fil-A.
* “We take this as an opportunity to create our own legacy. This program was not built by one man and it’s sure as hell not going to get torn down by one man. This program was built on every alumni, every single player that came before us, built on their backs.”–Penn State senior linebacker Michael Mauti.
* “Reasonable gun laws are not a panacea. But neither are they a threat to the Constitution. They merit a debate–not driven by ideology, but by prudential judgments on public safety.”–Michael Gerson, Washington Post.
* “And while it might be considered un-American to prevent an ordinary citizen from owning an assault rifle, would it be too much to ask why he needs to have a specially modified 100-round magazine?”–Michael A. Black, retired police officer and author of the upcoming “Sacrificial Offerings.”
* “Greg Schiano is the son I never had. I’m not surprised at all where he landed because he’s earned every opportunity along the way. He’s everything that’s right about football.”–Mike Miello, Schiano’s former coach at Ramapo (N.J.) High School.