Quoteworthy

* “What we’re seeing around the world is a revolt of the weak. There are certain weak movements and nations, beset by internal contradictions, that can’t compete if they play by the normal rules of civilization. Therefore, they are conspiring to blow up the rule book.”–David Brooks, New York Times.

* “The world has proved to be a far more demanding place than it looked to this White House a few years ago.”–Richard N. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations.

* “Core coalition.”–Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s reference to the allies–Britain, France, Australia, Canada, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Poland and Denmark–joining a U.S. military effort against ISIS.

* “Before President Obama takes any action in Syria, he should force Congress to vote both to authorize and to set the limits of such action.”–Pat Buchanan, Creators Syndicate.

* “Putin is ‘unpredictable’ only to those unfamiliar with the 1930s.”–George Will, Washington Post.

* “Our allies are not fully allies: While the Saudi, Qatari and Kuwaiti governments are pro-American, wealthy Sunni individuals, mosques and charities in these countries are huge sources of funds, and fighters, for the Islamic State.”–Thomas Friedman, New York Times.

* “What I have learned as secretary of state and before that as a United States senator is that every problem in the world cannot be solved by the United States, but there is not a problem in the world that can be solved without the United States.”–Hillary Clinton.

* “If Scotland votes yes, the genie is out of the bottle.”–Leanne Wood, leader of Wale’s nationalist party Plaid Cymru, on the implications of a yes vote for Scottish independence from Britain later this month.

* “Recent events have left me able to draw only one conclusion: Islamism–the radical, imposter form of my religion–has declared war on Islam.”–Qanta Ahmed, author and associate professor of medicine at the State University of New York.

* “Although we work through financial markets, our goal is to help Main Street, not Wall Street.”–Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Board chairwoman.

* “The history of the Republican Party is marked by vacillation between its founding principle of opportunity and its domination by the wealthy elite.”–Heather Cox Richardson, author and Boston College history professor.

* “While civilians and politicians alike eagerly tout the advances being made in renewable energy, they routinely fail to appreciate how ongoing innovation in the oil and gas sector–in everything from better seismic techniques to digitally controlled drill bits–has resulted in faster and cheaper drilling, which, in turn, has turbocharged the growth in hydrocarbon production.”–Robert Bryce, author and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

* “There’s nothing more painful to me than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery–then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”–The Rev. Jesse Jackson.

* “Help me give Pam Bondi the job she really wants as an anchor on Fox News.”–Democratic attorney general candidate George Sheldon.

* “Broward keeps me up at night.”–Scott Arceneaux, executive director of the Florida Democratic Party.

* “The governor was elected as the state was recovering from the recession. That didn’t hurt.”–Sean Snaith, director of the Institute for Economic Competitiveness at UCF.

* “Gov. Scott is straddling this issue as best he can.”–University of Florida political science professor Daniel Smith, referring to Scott’s position on Common Core.

* “Just being a powerful politician is not enough.”–Jennifer Proffitt, Florida State University faculty union president, on FSU’s presidential search criteria.

* “We are deliberate but we still want to move fast. … I assure you that part of our plan brings a lot of people down to this area–living here, working here, playing here, eating here, shopping here. We want a lot of vibrant energy down here.”–Jeff Vinik, on plans for redeveloping the Channel District downtown.

* “You would never see on the streets of Tampa, under the same circumstances, what you saw on the national news over the past few weeks. That I can guarantee.”–Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor, comparing Tampa with Ferguson, Mo.

* “We really want to activate the marina. Our vision is … we want this to be the southern end of the boating community.”–Real estate investor Santosh Govindaraju of Convergent Capital Partners on the purchase of the Knights Point waterfront complex on Harbour Island.

* “We’ll take No. 1 in anything that’s positive.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn, commenting on Wallethub.com’s ranking of Tampa as No. 1 for retirees.

* “This is a driver problem, not a road problem.”–Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Steve Gaskins, commenting on fatal, wrong-way I-275 crashes.

* “We hope you come to know who Amalie is and what Amalie has in this area.”–Amalie Oil CEO Harry Barkett at the announcement that the Tampa Bay Times Forum was being renamed the Amalie Arena.

* “These kids really do look like hell.”–New Port Richey Mayor Bob Marlowe, weighing in on whether the city should consider an ordinance combating the wearing of pants sagging below the waistline.

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