Say again

“This is not a ‘Buck Rogers’ vision of the future, but people just

need to get used to something new.”

--Martin Schlageter, of The Sierra Club, speculating that it may be a

while before gas stations begin offering alternative fuels.

“Without having a moral compass, without realizing that there is right

and wrong, students don’t know and shoot up other classmates.”

-- Newport-Mesa board member Wendy Leece, on posting the Ten

Commandments in schools.

“It is entertainment, and there isn’t a much more entertaining player

than Arnie.”

-- Jeff Purser, Toshiba tournament director, of Arnold Palmer.

“My mom says I’m a natural speller.”

-- Joseph Ludlow, 9, who was the fourth-grade spelling bee contestant

from Adams Elementary School.

“You don’t dare touch the Girl Scout House or the American Legion or

you’d have a riot. It’s like disturbing a beehive. We just don’t have

that kid of constituency here.”

-- Stewart Berkshire, Marinapark spokesman, on development proposals

for the property where the mobile home park is located.

“I appreciate people that have to go through it. It’s a lot tougher

than football ever was. At least in football, you have a game plan.

Cancer is unexpected.”

--Rich Saul, former Los Angeles Rams center and cancer survivor.

“I’m not anti-softball, but you can’t sacrifice the children.”

-- Kirk Bauermeister, athletic director and coach at Costa Mesa High

School, on keeping baseball at TeWinkle Park.

“One likes to think that as you get older, you write more complicated

books -- not less.”

--Susan Faludi, author who spoke at the Newport Beach Public Library’s

lecture series.