SAY AGAIN

A collection of the best quotes from recent news stories.

“If you think you’re important, stand up.”

-- Pepe Serna, a local actor, addressing students at last week’s Latino

Youth Conference.

“I need to focus my energy on something positive. We are just beginning

the first stages of the foundation, but it’s something we are very

determined to do.”

-- Pam Wiener, who has started a foundation in the memory of her son,

3-year-old Brandon, who was killed in May in the tragedy on the day-care

center playground.

“I thought it was amazing. At first I didn’t believe in him, in Davy

Crockett. But I also thought it was amazing that he could get out of the

way alive.”

-- Samuel Van Gordon, 8, after listening to David Lester, the

great-great-grandson of Davy Crockett.

“The best stories about it, you can’t print.”

-- Allan Beek, on his 1961 Volkswagen Beetle, which just passed the

500,000-mile mark.

“Isn’t this every little girl’s dream?”

-- Susan Horsager, at her daughter’s “tea time” birthday party.

“I feel relieved. Vindicated. It’s been hanging over me for a year.”

-- Dennis O’Hern, Newport Harbor High retiree, on a lawsuit against him

that was recently dismissed.