* “That’s not a question we’re prepared to answer right now. We want to stay in the Tampa Bay area and find the best place to play.” — Rays’ official Michael Kalt in response to St. Petersburg City Council member Leslie Curran’s query: “Do you want to stay in St. Pete?”
* “It’s clear the Rays have regained that ’08 groove. Make mistakes and you will pay.” — Bob Ryan, sports columnist, Boston Globe.
* “This is your opportunity to win or lose for Florida, big time.” — Michael Grow, Salt Lake City civic leader and One Bay keynote speaker addressing the issues of urban sprawl and a prospective light-rail system for the Tampa Bay area.
* “There’s a distinction between Republican leadership and Republicans.” — Gov. Charlie Crist.
* “Faithfully applying our Constitution’s 18th- and 19th-century text to 21st-century problems requires not only careful attention to the text, fidelity to the framers’ goals and respect for precedent, but also an awareness of the practical realities of the present. Only with such awareness can judges, in a constantly changing society, hope to keep faith with our highest law.” — Geoffrey R. Stone, professor of law, University of Chicago and an editor of the Supreme Court Review.
* “The minute you attack overutilization (of expensive, health-care technology) you will be called a Nazi before the day is out.” — Uwe E. Reinhardt, health economist, Princeton University.
* “Obama set out to be a consequential president, on the order of Ronald Reagan. With VAT (value added tax), Obama’s triumph will be complete. He will have succeeded in reversing Reaganism.” — Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post Writers Group.
* “Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes.” — Senior Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, Tehran’s acting Friday prayer leader.
* “It’s a bit too early to come up with recommendations that people should eat more chocolate, but if people replace sugar or high-fat snacks with a little piece of dark chocolate, that might help.”– Brian Buijsse, nutritional epidemiologist, German Institute of Human Nutrition, the lead author of a study that found that people who had an average of six grams of chocolate per day had a 39 percent lower risk of either a heart attack or stroke.
* “We’re all infinite spiritual beings having a temporary human experience.” — Dr. Wayne Dyer, motivational guru, on his recently diagnosed lymphocytic leukemia.