Notable Quotables

“It’s time to get out and start getting back to life again.”

-- Dianne Putman of Costa Mesa, on going Oct. 6 to the rescheduled

Taste of Newport.

“I’m surprised he touched so many lives. I never thought Costa Mesa

and Estancia would be so close.”

-- Mario Macias, a former teammate of football player Matt Colby, on

the impact Colby’s death on Sept. 29 has had on the two rival high

schools.

“Wasn’t God checking his calendar?”’

-- Spencer Burke, chairman of Rock Harbor Church’s board of elders,

joking about church founder Keith Page’s resignation coming so close to

the Costa Mesa church’s fourth anniversary on Oct. 7. Page resigned Sept.

29 after admitting to an extramarital affair.

“Right now, I have absolutely no desire to run again.”

-- Gary Monahan, Costa Mesa councilman, on not wanting to seek another

term in the 2002 elections. Monahan has been on the council since 1998.

“On good days I am, and on bad days I think maybe there’s another way

of life.”

-- Linda Dixon, Costa Mesa councilwoman, on whether she’ll seek

another term next year.

“We’ll open in $4 million; that’s the date we’re setting.”

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

Theater Foundation, on when the theater will be completed. A 5K Run/Walk

for the Arts was held Saturday.

“It’s a dichotomy. On the one hand, it gives you a sense of security,

but on the other hand it makes you uneasy it needs to be there.”

-- Lory Harman, a traveler going to SAlt Lake City, on seeing the

National Guard troops posted at John Wayne Airport on Friday.