* “By the way, a Mexico that has a healthy economy, a Mexico that can help us build stability and security in Central America, that’s going to do a lot more to solve any migration crisis or drug trafficking problem than a wall.”–President Barack Obama.
* “(The International Olympic Committee) failed to confront forcefully the findings of evidence of state-sponsored doping in Russia corrupting the Russian sports system. … (it is) a sad day for clean sport.”–Joseph de Pencier, chief executive of the Institute for National Anti-Doping Organizations.
* “I confess, it’s true I can be a little wonky. But I have this old-fashioned idea: If you’re running for president, you should say what you want to do and how you will get it done.”–Hillary Clinton.
* “Do you want a ‘you’re fired’ president or a ‘you’re hired’ president?”–Tim Kaine.
* “Just remember, love trumps hate.”–Hillary Clinton.
* “Don’t let anyone ever tell you that this country isn’t great. That somehow we need to make it great again. Because this right now is the greatest country on earth.”–Michelle Obama.
* “Everything Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not.”–Hillary Clinton referencing vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine.
* “Our job now is to see that platform implemented by a Democratic Senate, a Democratic House and a Hillary Clinton presidency–and I am going to do everything I can to make that happen. Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president.”– Bernie Sanders.
* “Bernie has cauterized the wounds.”–Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
* “America’s for Trump. And so am I.”–Pam Bondi.
* “I haven’t had a partner in the White House for more than five and a half years. I’m looking forward to that with Trump.”–Rick Scott.
* “Vote your conscience.”–Ted Cruz.
* “This is less a party than a personality cult. Law and order is a strange theme for a candidate who radiates conflict and disorder.”–David Brooks, New York Times.
* “I’ve never heard of an American leader, or at least someone who wants to be an American leader, claiming that he’s all we need. That’s not a democracy, my friends. As I recall, we had a revolution to make sure we didn’t have someone who said, ‘I can fix it alone.'”–Hillary Clinton.
* “For the first time since at least 1952 … Democrats probably will win a majority of voters with college degrees–a large and growing group.”–George Will, Washington Post.
* “I have the means, I have the mouth and the common sense to know when I’m getting screwed.”–Joe Redner’s rationale for why he is running for the new District 18 state Senate seat.
* “We are excited to establish our newest office in Tampa, a growing market for information technology that offers us the skilled workforce, business climate and quality of life we sought for our East Coast presence.”–Sanjay Bhasin, global head of human resources for Sagitec Solutions, which is expanding its software presence into the Tampa Bay market.
* “The city of Tampa is structurally and fiscally sound.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn, in proposing a $905.0 million 2017 budget that does not dip into city reserves.
* “We created a fan base that made hockey a lot of fun to play there. If you talk to players around the league, everybody would love to play in Tampa now.”–Recently retired former Lightning player Brad Richards.