* “China is now a strange hybrid–an autocracy with 400 million bloggers, who are censored, feared and listened to all at the same time.”–Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times.
* “The euro is irreversible.”–Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank.
* “Americans of all sorts are nervous about being dragged into Syria and worried about Iran getting the bomb. They are fed up with being described as anti-Islam when their country is, in fact, far more welcoming to Shiite Muslims than, say, Sunni Saudi Arabia is.–The Economist.
* “It’s like Timothy McVeigh walking into a shop in Oklahoma City and saying, ‘I’d like to tend my garden. I’d like to buy some fertilizer.’ … Come on, we know they’re working on a weapon.”–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran’s nuclear plans.
* “I think we should remove ourselves from Afghanistan as quickly as we can. I just think we’re killing kids that don’t need to die.”–U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Indian Shores.
* “Democrats are engaged in a serious get-out-the-vote effort. But in politics, as in courtship, organization is usually a poor substitute for passion.”–Michael Gerson, Washington Post.
* “It is harder to turn out a vote against someone than a vote for someone.”–Roger Simon, Politico.
* “It’s very import for Ann Romney to connect with conservative women in Florida because they are a group that did not turn out in high numbers for McCain in 2008. In the past, when Republicans have done well in statewide elections in Florida, it’s because the women’s vote has been split.”–Susan MacManus, USF political science professor.
* The real problem with our schools isn’t poor teachers or inadequate funding. The real problem is poverty.”–Daniel Akst, Newsday.
* “Florida is the future, today.”–Former President Bill Clinton on Florida’s demographics.
* “As the finance chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, I make this simple vow: I will do everything within my power to raise enough funds for Floridians to see the true character of Charlie Crist and to ensure he never sets foot in the Tallahassee house on Adams Street as a sitting governor again.”–Dr. Akshay M. Desai, president and CEO of Universal Health Care in St. Petersburg and finance chairman of the Florida GOP.
* “The city of Tampa hardly uses this port at all. The region uses this port.”–Richard Wainio, former director of the Port of Tampa.
* “All big cities have adequate mass transit. It’s the one deficiency that we have. It shows up when we have big events, and it shows up in our daily lives.”–Former Mayor Pam Iorio.
* “Nobody accomplishes things alone.”–Tampa Bay business icon and philanthropist Gus Stavros.