Notable Quotables

“If they can find a place where they are being fed and where they have

a nice, warm, cozy spot under a roof, well, that’s probably where I would

pick to live.”

-- Bill Morris, Costa Mesa public services director, on why pigeons

seem to favor Lions Park in the morning.

“I’m willing to get sunburned from head to toe to see them.”

-- Evangelina Garibay of Santa Ana, on waiting in line June 16 at

Wherehouse Music in Costa Mesa to see Blink-182. The band was in town to

promote their new album, “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket,” which hit the

top of the charts.

“He was a really fun teacher because he always did really fun stuff.”

-- Miranda Partin, 9, talking about Buzz Amble, a College Park

Elementary teacher who had his retirement party June 15.

“I’ve [coached] for 35 years and I think it’s not safe. I don’t think

a pool can handle that many people a day, and stay clean and healthy.”

-- Ted Bandaruk, who oversees Newport Beach’s aquatic programs at

Corona del Mar High’s pool, on the city’s plan to merge all of its

aquatics programs to one pool at Newport Harbor High School because of

energy costs. The city later decided to use both Corona del Mar and

Newport Harbor pools for the summer.

“It is unreasonable for people to say ‘Just close up and move

somewhere else.’ This is my living and, for most of the 35 people who

work here, this is it.”

-- John Waters, one of the owners of Pierce Street Annex, on a request

by neighbors to the Costa Mesa City Council that the council revoke the

bar’s license and help them move.

“Parents need to tend to their kids. A pool is not an extension of a

playground. It’s a matter of life and death.”

-- Brooks Reedy, manager at the Costa Mesa Motor Inn, where a

4-year-old girl almost drowned Tuesday. A visitor to the hotel performed

CPR on the girl after finding her floating face down.

“It’s totally surreal. You think about this day, it builds up and up,

and then you think, ‘What just happened here?’ But it’s cool.”

-- Liz Gutman, valedictorian scholar at Estancia High School, on

graduating Thursday.

“We owe it to ourselves to be honest people and live well. We are the

captains of our own futures.”

-- Erik Knuppel, who graduated from Corona del Mar High School on

Tuesday.