· “Keep your friends close, but visit the Republican caucus every few months.”—President Barack Obama.
· “The Senate has become a body that requires 60 votes to get out of bed in the morning.” –Ruth Marcus, Washington Post.
· “Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia said that if they began to loosen one (‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’) restriction, others might unravel, leading to a louche atmosphere brimming with ‘alcohol use, adultery, fraternization and body art.’ Don’t ask, don’t tat.” – Maureen Dowd, New York Times.
· “It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.” – Sarah Hughes, former U.S. figure-skating gold medalist (2002).
· “Last year the (New York) Times won five Pulitzer Prizes – and borrowed $250 million from a Mexican billionaire to keep the lights on.” – James Poniewwozik, Time magazine.
· “If businesses tell us they need a work force to read blueprints, understand trigonometry and speak Mandarin to export products, then that is the information we will gather.” –Pam Tedesco, Team leader for Workforce Florida-funded roundtable that will brainstorm ways to improve STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education.