Opinion

Quips & Quotes

From News staff and wire reports
Published: July 11, 2009

" What I was hoping would be more a scalpel seems like a hatchet. "

Salem City Councilor Matt Veno on a study committee's proposal for modifying the city's Sunshine Ordinance

" I'm in. "

Former Swampscott Selectman and Harvard Pilgrim Health CEO Charles Baker announcing this week that he will seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2010

" A plan for an override is a plan for failure. "

Danvers Selectman Keith Lucy arguing that an override is not an option for paying the town's share of the $80.1 million renovation of the high school

" It filled up early and it filled up quickly. "

Ellen Talkowsky, Salem's special events coordinator, on the record crowd that gathered at Derby Wharf for the city's Fourth of July concert and fireworks

" With bankruptcy in the rearview mirror, U.S. auto companies will even more aggressively pursue new technologies, become more globally competitive. Decades from now, our nation will be glad we did not let a global credit crisis put an end to the American automobile. "

Rep. Gary Peters, whose Michigan district is home to three GM factories, on the company's emergence out of bankruptcy protection

" Many just accept that lame-duck status, and they hit that road. They draw a paycheck. They kind of milk it. And I'm not going to put Alaskans through that. "

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announcing her resignation effective July 26

" All the wetlands are full. ... It will absolutely produce tons of mosquitoes. "

Mosquito control expert Walter Montgomery on how this could be the worst season for dealing with the pesky insects in years

" Very few people want to take chances today. Everybody is walking on eggshells. "

Peabody attorney David Ankeles on the difficulty of attracting new development in his city and elsewhere during these recessionary times

" I just wanted to say ... ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just wanted to say I love him so much. "

Michael Jackson's 11-year-old daughter, Paris-Michael, during a memorial in Los Angeles

" You see intervention shows on A&E. You don't prosecute them. "

Lawyer for man accused of 2007 home invasion in Marblehead, trying to convince a Salem Superior Court judge that his client entered his ex-girlfriend's apartment at 12:30 a.m. to help her kick a substance abuse problem