NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“Nobody can think beyond themselves, even those who are charged with

thinking for the whole city.”

-- Bob Graham of Costa Mesa, charging that it is elitist of Canary

Drive residents to want stairs rather than a ramp built at the entry

point to Fairview Park in order to protect their street from an influx of

cars and people.

“After their parties, there are condoms all over the street. We don’t

want my 1-year-old little sister to see that.”

-- Miguel Merida, 19, who resides near Panther Palace, on why he’s

glad that a judge ruled that the club violated city codes when it charged

an entry fee to its swinger parties. The notorious club is a 10-bedroom

house on a residential Costa Mesa street.

“Those who can handle a 30-foot boat without an engine are truly

sailors.”

-- Diane Dewitte, beginning sailing instructor at The School of

Sailing & Seamanship at Orange Coast College, on students graduating up

to learning on 30-foot Sheilds after mastering 14-foot Lidos

“I want to be the pea.”

-- Liam Murphy, 5, on what role he would like to take in the Pacific

School of Music and Arts summer camp production of “The Princess and the

Pea”

“If a kid saw a cart on the street and knew he would get some cash to

return it, I guarantee there would be no more carts on the street.”

-- Chris Eric of Costa Mesa suggesting an incentive program to get

shopping carts back to their proper stores. The Costa Mesa City Council

voted unanimously Monday to solicit a company to pick up abandoned carts

while working with the community and store managers to resolve the

problem.

“Even if I win, I don’t get my money back. Not only do I get my name

smeared, but I get my pocket book clobbered.”

-- Chris Steel, Costa Mesa councilman, on his ongoing defense against

perjury charges.