Say Again

“She told me when she got to heaven, she wanted to ride a leopard ... We

didn’t lose Yvette today because we know where she is. You only lose some

things when you can’t find them.”

-- Pastor Greg Laurie at memorial services for 10-year-old Yvette Riley,

who died April 4 in a car crash.

“This is the only award I’ve ever won in my life.”

-- Hunt Hoe, who won the director’s award for his film “Seducing Maarya”

at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

“It’s a family tradition, and I thought it would be cool to have my name

on the trophy, but my sister got it!”

-- Heather Wood, 19, who was bested by 24-year-old sister Andrea Wood in

a regatta named in honor of their grandfather, Harry Wood.

“Right now, the different activities compete for rooms. Sometimes the

bridge people go into the computer room and say ‘get out.’ With more

rooms, there wouldn’t be any more conflicts.”

-- Costa Mesa resident Carol Fortier, on why the city’s senior center

needs to be expanded.

“Some people come by my stand at the swap meet and ask ‘where is

Mozambique?’ I tell them it’s where the people were stuck in the trees.

Then they know.”

-- Bigira Kiro-Kiro, Costa Mesa resident and owner of African Corner, who

is having a donation drive to help flood victims in an African country.

“Cults usually love this kind of stuff.”

-- Orange Coast College astronomy professor Nick Contopoulos, on the

alignment of the planets earlier this month and also again in May.