NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“This is something they’ll remember forever, and hopefully, forever

will be a long time.”

-- Joyce Weiss, chairwoman of the American Cancer Society’s Cattle

Baron’s League, on the Dancin’ Cowpokes celebration held May 20 at the

Newport Dunes resort. The event was for children fighting cancer.

“We can spend thousands on a wish, and you want a 69-cent mouse.”

-- Teri Siplivy, Make-a-Wish Foundation’s director of program

services, on fulfilling the wishes of terminally-ill children.

“It’s better than going to a psychiatrist. You share your feelings.”

-- Adnan Azrak, Corona del Mar High junior, on participating in

Challenge Day on May 19. The all-day event focused on tolerance, caring

and communications.

“Man! It was like Woodstock out here. It was just that instead of

hippies, there were porn stars.”

-- Chris Kyle, neighbor of Dennis Rodman, commenting on Rodman’s 40th

birthday party.

“We’ll open in $4 million.”

-- Michele Roberge, executive director of the Balboa Performing Arts

Theater Foundation, on when the theater, which had its groundbreaking

ceremony Tuesday, will welcome its first patrons.

“Today seems like a very surreal moment.”

-- Dayna Pettit, president of the Balboa Performing Arts Theater

Foundation, on the groundbreaking ceremony for the theater, which

included a bulldozer ballet.

“We made a mistake. Mistakes do happen.”

-- Chief David Snowden of the Costa Mesa Police Department, on an

erroneous press release Monday that said Miroslav Maric, 49, of Newport

Beach had died after being pulled off life support. Maric, who was shot

outside a fast-food restaurant Friday, was still alive on Monday.

According to the hospital, he died Tuesday.

“Songs are like children. And some of them behave better some nights

than others.”

-- Paul Stookey, one third of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary,

upon being asked what his favorite song is. The group performed with the

Pacific Symphony Pops over the weekend.