SAY AGAIN

A collection of the best quotes from recent news stories.

“I don’t agree with the fact that I’m a very private guy. If you talk to

people that know me, they’ll tell you that. It’s just that I’m very

independent.”

-- John Noyes, Newport Beach mayor, on himself.

“He’s a quiet person. He’s hard-working and very caring about the

community.”

-- Sheila Noyes, on her husband.

“Transfers don’t work. I’ve had friends transferred from Newport Harbor

to Corona del Mar and it didn’t change -- it didn’t do anything. There

are more drugs there.”

-- Jackie Brown, Newport Harbor High student, at a town hall meeting on

the district’s zero-tolerance policy.

“There were unbearable odors there. Frankly, it was a priority getting

people out of there.”

-- Claudine Leath, a spokeswoman for Nike, on a sewage leak at the

Niketown store in Triangle Square.

“The customers will find me next year. They always do.”

-- Harry Noonan, who has run a Christmas tree lot on Newport Boulevard

for 53 years, on having to move next year.