“His suffering is over. My family is in deep sadness and grief, but we leave him in the hands of God.” — Louise Troh, after the death of her fiancée, Thomas Eric Duncan, the nation’s first Ebola fatality (The Dallas Morning News, Thursday)
“It is suspicious to us that all the white patients survived and this one black patient passed away. It took 8 days to get him medicine.” — Statement from Duncan’s nephew Josepheus Weeks, on missteps at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas (The Dallas Morning News, Friday)
“The virus is actually picking up the pace. Even as we add resources, we get farther behind.” — Michael Osterholm, head of infectious disease research at the University of Minnesota, on the doubling of West Africa Ebola cases every three weeks (The Washington Post, Thursday)
“If Ebola breaks out in Haiti or in Central America, I think it is literally ‘Katie bar the door’ in terms of the mass migration of Central Americans into the United States.” — Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly, commander of U.S. Southern Command (The Washington Times, Thursday)
“Judge Clay Jenkins’ recent interaction relating to the relocation of family members of the Ebola patient in Dallas did not pose a risk to Judge Jenkins or others.” — Doctor’s note that the Dallas County judge got from State Health Commissioner David Lakey to quell fears he could spread the disease (Texas Department of State Health Services, Tuesday)
“We’re politicians. We don’t have to answer your questions.” — Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, to a debate moderator who wanted to squeeze in more questions (The Dallas Morning News, Wednesday)
“Nobody discovered Seattle, Washington.” — Fawn Sharp, president of the Quinault Indian Nation, applauding the city council’s decision to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Columbus Day (The Associated Press, Tuesday)
“Well, you know, President Obama, it’s been hard to figure out exactly what his policy is. It changes from time to time.” — Former President Jimmy Carter, on the president’s responses to Middle East jihadist fighters (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
“I think he’s beginning to see that we have to take a strong stand on terrorism.” — Former CIA and Pentagon chief Leon Panetta, on Obama’s foreign policy (Fox News, Tuesday)
“It would be wonderful if we were able to give this man all of the power that he needs to pass the things that he needs to pass.” — Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, introducing Obama at a Hollywood fundraiser for Democratic candidates (Politico, Thursday)
“Are multifamily developers going to overbuild? Of course they are going to overbuild; that’s what they do.” — Matt Segrest, CEO of Dallas-based builders Alamo Manhattan Corp., on the furious pace of apartment construction (The Dallas Morning News, Wednesday)
“Rookie Cookie.” — The name of a low-dose cannabis-infused edible on sale in Denver, a response to complaints about overpowering legal marijuana products (The Associated Press, Thursday)
“By definition there is a premium, people are willing to pay extra to get the pleasure of saying ‘I own that.’” — Woody Heller, of real estate brokerage Savills Studley, on a Chinese insurance company’s $1.95 billion purchase of New York’s iconic Waldorf Astoria, from Hilton Worldwide Holdings (The New York Times, Wednesday)
“It’s not really about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along.” — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s advice to women in the computer field on seeking higher pay; he later apologized (time.com, Friday)
“What do I sentence a guy who has sex in squad car to?” — Oconto County, Wisc., Circuit Court Judge Jay Conley, at a hearing for a man who had a tryst in the back of a police car with a woman after a drunk-driving arrest; he got 90 days for the DWI, nine days for the sex episode (USA Today, Tuesday)
