* “Trump’s lack of self-restraint and his barrage of ill-informed comments would make an already perilous world even more so.”–Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
* “ISIS is honoring President Obama. He is the founder of ISIS. … I would say the co-founder is crooked Hillary Clinton.”–Donald Trump.
* “Hillary wants to abolish–essentially abolish the Second Amendment. By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.”–Donald Trump.
* “I’m not a big believer in man-made climate change.”–Donald Trump.
* “You aren’t just responsible for what you say; you’re responsible for what people hear.”–Michael Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency and the CIA.
* “If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn’t put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20 percent.”–Donald Trump.
* “It is disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse to release tax returns to the voters.”–Mitt Romney.
* “It’s tough being a high-profile Republican these days. People are always demanding to know what you think about your candidate’s latest horrific remark. But unless you come up with an alternative, disavowing a candidate is more like a sulk than a solution.”–Gail Collins, New York Times.
* “If the country is lucky, Trump will continue to do an excellent job of defeating himself.”–E.J. Dionne, Washington Post.
* “Very dicey.”–Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s assessment of the GOP’s chances of keeping control of the Senate after the November elections.
* “I think it is true that maybe it took him a little while to realize that we’re moving from a primary campaign to a presidential campaign.”–Rudy Giuliani.
* “There is more bad news for the Republican nominee. Mr. Trump has divided his party, while Mrs. Clinton has united hers. She is expanding the Electoral College map, forcing Republicans to spend time and resources defending states such as Georgia, Arizona and even Utah, while Mr. Trump’s effort to challenge Mrs. Clinton in the Rust Belt is falling short.”–William A. Golston, Wall Street Journal.
* “I’ll just keep doing the same thing I’m doing right now. And at the end, it’s either going to work, or I’m going to, you know, I’m going to have a very, very nice, long vacation.”–Donald Trump.
* “Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.”–Hillary Clinton.
* “The party has always had a vigorous, a very vigorous incumbent protection stance. So we protect our incumbents.”–Florida GOP Chairman Blaise Ingoglia, when asked if the state party was neutral in the U.S. Senate primary.
* “For those people who are in circumstances where their continued cash flow is not ever going to allow them to get out of debt, why wouldn’t they buy (Lottery) scratchers?”–Alan Cooke, University of Florida marketing professor, on the pattern of Lottery scratch-off tickets being purchased disproportionately by the poor.
* “It’s the right thing to do. It’s time to get our feet wet.”–Pinellas Commissioner Ken Welch, on the commission’s decision to approve the proposed ferry service that will connect downtown St. Petersburg to downtown Tampa.
* “As with many events in history, what was once old is new again. Automobile traffic, which prompted the demise of the cross-bay ferry system, has become so congested that ferry service may again become practical.”–Rodney Kite-Powell, Saunders Foundation Curator of History at the Tampa Bay History Center.
* “Cuba is the most important economic development opportunity Tampa Bay will experience in our lifetime. There will be billions of dollars in foreign investment in Cuba. That trade should be going through Port Tampa Bay.”–Bill Carlson, president of Tucker Hall, a Tampa-based, international public relations agency that has supported business and humanitarian missions in Cuba since 1999.
* “I think experts would tell you we don’t have a parking issue; we have a walking issue. People do not want to walk, so we’re going to offer some options.”–Bob McDonaugh, Tampa’s Administrator of Economic Opportunity, on the city’s plans to start a free downtown shuttle.
* “The position I want to be in, frankly, when my peers hear Tampa is competing, is I want them to get very nervous. I want them to know that when Tampa is on the short list, they will face stiff competition ahead.”–Craig Richard, new CEO of the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp.
* “It’s the right thing to do for the residents of this county.”–Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, on the county’s new Adult Pre-Arrest Diversion program.
* “Ridesharing is happening all around the world; everyone is coming to the conclusion that fingerprinting is not required.”–Lyft attorney Steven Anderson.
* “This is our way to communicate with the fans and with the stakeholders not just to push information out but to bring information in. It will be a living, dynamic website.”–Melanie Lenz, Rays senior vice president of strategy and development, on the team’s launch of ballparkreimagined.com. to elicit more fan feedback.