NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“We fight back with the ultimate weapon against darkness -- the giving

of light. Only then do we prove that the human soul is indeed good, that

our life does matter, and that our world is a place worth saving.”

-- Rabbi Reuven Mintz of Chabad Jewish Center of Newport Beach, on why

the center is sending out 10,000 charity boxes printed with the message

“Do kindness beyond reason.” People are asked to put in a coin a day and

send the money to their favorite charity.

“We want to give [the funds] to state parks, and they want to take

[them].”

-- Sarah Christie, spokeswoman for the California Coastal Commission,

on the commission working with California State Parks to extend an

agreement that would hand over $2.8 million for the renovation of Crystal

Cove cottages.

“The outside looks almost identical to the way it did before, but once

people come inside, they’re in for quite a shock.”

-- Steve Herbert, co-owner of the Cannery Seafood of the Pacific, on

the restaurant’s new design. Jellyfish lights, a waterfall and an

upstairs sushi lounge are now part of the eatery, which reopened Monday

after two and a half years.

“We are definitely looking into a better security system now that this

has happened.”

-- George Neureuther, development director at Someone Cares Soup

Kitchen, on the theft of the nonprofit’s white Chevy van on Monday. The

van, which did not have an alarm, was parked in a lot with sensor lights.

“Seems to me that they may be just big advertisements that say, ‘Hey

thief, come get me, I’m out of town,”’

-- Gary Monahan, Costa Mesa councilman, on his reservations about a

proposed program that would have RV owners place large fluorescent

placards in their windshields so they can be parked in city streets

during loading and unloading. The proposal is back on the drawing board.

“In my opinion what I do is not just a process of burying the dead.

But it’s helping to create a process that celebrates a life.”

-- Bob Dowson, general manager of Pacific View MemorialPark in Newport

Beach, on his job running a funeral home.

“People think you need money to go to Disneyland and have fun, but you

just have to spend time with the people you love.”

-- Amy Taylor, 27, on raising three siblings and a son by herself with

minimal assistance from the state. Taylor, a Vanguard student, carried

the Olympic torch through Newport Beach.