NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“Anybody can help the environment. . . . I dream . . . of a time when

the next generation doesn’t have to fear going into the water.”

-- Douglas Bader, shown with wife Elizabeth Edwards, on why he helped

start the Newport Beach Bike the Back Bay Earth Day Celebration 12 years

ago.

“Sometimes I win, sometimes I don’t. It all depends on the cards you

get and the cards you have. You have to count all the points.”

-- Esther Vollowitz, on playing bridge at the Costa Mesa Senior

Center.

“It can be everything from tremendous excitement as you’re sailing,

having great winds, to very boring and tedious when there’s no wind.”

-- Jerry Shandera, commodore of the 2001 Newport to Ensenada

International Yacht Race, on the seeing the race off.

“Any time you build something in the Newport Beach or Irvine areas, it

isn’t known for being easy.”

-- Joseph Bentley, a spokesman for the Orange County branch of the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on building a Mormon temple

in Newport Beach. He added that he does not think the permit process will

be a problem.

“We should be looking at all of our coastal bluffs, not just the

bluffs in Corona del Mar.”

-- Dennis O’Neil, Newport Beach councilman, on a planning commission

proposal to create an extra review layer for new homes on the Corona del

Mar bluffs. The proposal has gone back to the planning commission.

“This is one of the most horrible stories I’ve ever heard. It’s a

malicious act against innocent children.”

-- Bud Haley, a Costa Mesa resident, on the razor blades found in five

Newport-Mesa parks, including one in his neighborhood.

“I have told my colleagues in Congress not to run for my leadership

post just yet. I have not yet determined my own mind.”

-- Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Newport Beach), acknowledging that he has

talked with the White House about a possible federal judgeship.

“I get to school each morning at 7 a.m. or earlier -- that’s 45

minutes before school starts -- to get a spot on the street by school.”

-- Danny Hilton, a senior, on the parking problems at Newport Harbor

High School.