NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“It is, however [up to] each member of the human family -- yes each

one of us -- to assure that terrorism and hate do not win.”

-- Libby Cowan, Costa Mesa mayor, speaking at the 2001 Peace Walk at

Triangle Square on Sept. 23. The annual event honors the United Nation’s

International Day of Peace.

“The days of running straight through to the gate are over.”

-- Liz Maegher, spokeswoman for United Airline, on the new security

precautions at John Wayne Airport.

“She was a very pretty girl who didn’t know she was pretty, as so many

pretty women are.”

-- William Godsoe of Costa Mesa, on his 16-year-old daughter Ceceline.

Godsoe found Ceceline’s body in Fairview Park on Sept. 21.

“Americans come in all colors. You cannot take this out on people

because they are different than you.”

-- Dave Snowden, Costa Mesa police chief, cautioning people not to

point fingers at certain groups because of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

“Together we can win this race. When people care, miracles happen.”

-- Sandy Firestone, an 18-year breast cancer survivor and president of

the Orange County affiliate of the Komen foundation, speaking to the

crowd gathered at Fashion Island for the 10th annual Race for the Cure.

“I don’t want adequate. I want the very best we can get.”

-- Steve Bromberg, Newport Beach councilman, on wanting the Orange

County Sanitation District to do secondary treatment of the sewage it

pumps into the ocean off the city’s shores. Newport Beach has joined

other coastal cities in opposing a federal waiver for the district.

“I think we will all experience these events differently because of

this, in the same way we experience going to the grocery different than

we did two weeks ago.”

-- Sandy Robertson, associate director of the Philharmonic Society of

Orange County, on how the events of Sept. 11 will affect the Eclectic

Orange Festival. The six-week festival opened Friday.