* “If Iran cheats, the world will know it.”–President Barack Obama, in announcing the framework for an agreement that limits Iran’s nuclear program.
* “We don’t cheat. We are not two-faced.”–Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
* “A deal based on this framework would threaten the survival of Israel.”–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reaction.
* “I am cautiously optimistic this framework for an agreement just might work.”–Sen. Bill Nelson.
* “I cannot stand behind such a flawed agreement.”–Jeb Bush.
* “…This deal is a colossal mistake.”–Sen. Marco Rubio.
* “The presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families.”–Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is weighing whether to challenge likely contender Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
* “Be yourself. You’re going to be under a lot of scrutiny and you don’t want to have to defend yourself that you have gone through a Damascus Road conversion on the way to the presidency, that you are the same person as a candidate as you have been in your previous personal and political life.”–Bob Graham, former Florida governor and senator, in advice to Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.
* “I just want to do my job, and part of my job for the president is to be his friend.”–Valerie Jarrett, assistant to President Barack Obama.
* “It’s a very different culture in the U.S. In the U.K., we get lots of access to the companies we invest in. In fact, I’ve wondered why a director wouldn’t want to know directly what a thoughtful shareholder thinks.”–Deborah Graham, corporate government counsel at British pension fund RPMI Railpen Investments.
* “We see our taxes as a way of paying back the state that has given us so much. State taxes pay for state services. There’s just no way around it.”–Author Stephen King, who paid $1.4 million in taxes to the state of Maine in 2013.
* “I’m a passionate centrist, which means half the time I disagree with myself.”–Larry Wilmore, host of “The Nightly Show.”
* “Things are fairly and fully priced. Don’t go chasing returns now. Don’t chase yield.”–Financial advice from Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg.
* “The hotel issue is certainly here; Cuba really hasn’t built new hotels. There’s already a shift–people are starting to invest in turning their homes into rental properties, because they see the government not moving fast enough.”–Collin Laverty, owner of Cuba Educational Travel, in the aftermath of Airbnb’s announcement that it will be adding Cuban private homes to its international listings.
* “A part of the problem is that you don’t see college presidents willing to speak out on this issue … because then people will say, oh, that must be ‘the rape campus.”–Kirby Dick, director of the campus rape documentary The Hunting Ground.
* “Innovative investments in solar energy will provide customers with more options to use this resource, while diversifying our energy mix and continuing to meet the needs of Florida’s growing economy and population.”–Alex Glenn, state president of Duke Energy Florida.
* “We’re very much in the posture to meet the House on tax cuts if, in fact, we have a resolution on health care.”–Florida Senate Appropriations Chairman Tom Lee, R-Brandon.
* “Money plays a huge role in what goes on up here.”–House Democratic leader Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach.
* “The days of nonpartisan races being truly nonpartisan are gone.”–USF political scientist Susan MacManus.
* “We need more (transportation) choices. We need walkable streets, more bike lanes. Rail to the airport, to our job centers and eventually to St. Petersburg.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn.
* “This is fundamentally a different way of looking at Tampa going forward. Forever more, Tampa will be a city that people will view from the vantage point of the waterfront. And the Riverwalk has made that possible.”–Former Mayor Pam Iorio.
* “Every event has its own pros to it. The benefits (of the Women’s Final Four) is that it’s an event that brings strong female role models to our community and the media exposure we get when the games are on TV, every time they mention Tampa Bay.”–Visit Tampa Bay CEO Santiago Corrada.
* “People are afraid to death to come forward because they’re afraid they’re going to be retaliated against. Young folks want to take matters into their own hands instead of dealing with law enforcement.”–Tampa City Council member Frank Reddick.
* “They just put $9 million into the Riverwalk. And the inner city is in chaos.”–Clarence Jones (aka Ali Muhammad), chairman of Tampa’s New Black Panther Party.
* “Whenever that day comes when the Tampa Bay Rays stage their Old-Timer’s event, I want to be invited. Absolutely.”–Joe Maddon.