* “The pig isn’t guilty for what poverty brings.” — Father Luis Figueroa Vinet, deacon at Concepcion’s main cathedral, in explaining post-earthquake looting in Chile.
* “The mighty superpower is a poodle of Israel.” — Patrick Buchanan, Creators Syndicate, on relationship between the U.S. and Israel.
* “If China holds enough of your paper, does it also own some of your foreign policy? Do we want to find out?” — Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal.
* “We live in a country in which many people live in information cocoons in which they only talk to members of their own party and read blogs of their own sect.” —David Brooks, New York Times.
* “With the Web’s insatiable appetite for conflict, everything becomes magnified, even if it’s often an expression of a fringe minority.” — Steven Cohen, professor of public administration, Columbia University.
* “Alex Sink opposed this proposal (Hometown Democracy) in 2006, and she opposes the 2010 Amendment, because she believes that in our system of government we entrust our local leaders to make these difficult decisions, and if we are unhappy with their decisions we have the ability to elect someone else.” Statement issued by the office of Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink.”
*”It’s a weak lawsuit at best. This is all about partisanship.” State Sen. Dan Gelber, Democratic candidate for attorney general, on Attorney General Bill McCollum’s promise to sue over health-care reform’s “individual mandate.”
* “Losing major league baseball in Tampa Bay would be the equivalent of losing a major industry.” — Bill Hamilton, member, pro-Rays Clutch Hitters organization, and partner, Tampa-based Holland and Knight law firm.
* “This franchise isn’t moving. Jeff will be here forever.” — National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman on the commitment of the Lightning’s new owner, Jeff Vinik.