“We either stop Ebola now, or we face an entirely unprecedented situation for which we do not have a plan.” — Anthony Banbury, the United Nations’ deputy Ebola coordinator, on projections of up to 10,000 new cases a week in Africa (Sky News, Tuesday)
“We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control.” — Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, after one Dallas nurse was diagnosed with the disease (The Dallas Morning News, Tuesday)
“There was no advanced preparedness on what to do with the patient. There was no protocol. There was no system.” —From a statement by National Nurses United, on conditions faced by nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas who treated the first Ebola patient there (The Los Angeles Times, Tuesday)
“The dangers of a serious outbreak are extraordinarily low.” — President Barack Obama, assessing containment efforts for Ebola (The Dallas Morning News, Thursday)
“All I know is that when she gets well, I want her to get the hell out of Texas. And don’t ever go back.” — Ohio resident Martha Shuler, grandmother of a second Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola (The Dallas Morning News, Thursday)
“I’m afraid, to be honest.” — Fred Lane, neighbor of the second nurse in The Village apartment complex, in northeast Dallas (The Dallas Morning News, Thursday)
“It was hard coming back into the locker room, looking at people who care about me in the eyes, knowing that I did something stupid.” — Dallas Cowboys $495,000-a-year running back Joseph Randle, on his arrest for shoplifting Gucci cologne and Polo underwear from a Dillard’s store; the team decided to fine but not bench him (dallasnews.com, Wednesday)
“Fire me, fire me, fire me.” — What Dallas school board trustee Bernadette Nutall said Superintendent Mike Miles told her as the two of them clashed at Dade Middle School (The Dallas Morning News, Tuesday)
“The door swings open towards me, and they’ve got her in tow, physically off the ground.” — Dallas NAACP President Juanita Wallace, describing how Nutall was removed from the school by district police officers (The Dallas Morning News, Tuesday)
“It’s nirvana for me.” — Southwest Airlines co-founder Herb Kelleher, at the Love Field bash heralding the end of Wright Amendment flight restrictions there (NBC5, Monday)
“Can you please never release an album on iTunes that automatically downloads to peoples' playlists ever again? It's really rude.” — Question to U2 frontman Bono from Facebook user Harriet Madeline Jobson
“Oops, I’m sorry about that.” — Bono’s reply (Reuters, Wednesday)
“A plane doesn’t go straight up forever.” — Larry Oldham, an oil financier in Midland, on the leveling off of drilling activity from the drop in oil prices (The Dallas Morning News, Wednesday)
“Caesar has no jurisdiction over the pulpit.” -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, objecting to subpoenas from Houston city attorneys for sermons and other material from pastors who oppose provisions of a new equal-rights ordinance (The Associated Press, Thursday)
“I feel like an old racehorse in a stable, and people just take me out and put me on the track and slap me on the rear to see if I can get around one more time.” -- Former President Bill Clinton, on how Democratic candidates ask him to stump for them (CNN, Friday)
“I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. Okay? I would be bored to death.” — Potential GOP presidential contender New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, ruling out one political option (NJ.com, Monday)
