"President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. And your humble servant hasn't been elected by the people of Russia to be pleasant to someone either."
-—Russian President Vladimir Putin
"Stuff is just stuff, but the mementos, they hurt you a bit more."
— Queens resident Joe Quinn, on losing family photos, letters and other reminders of relatives who died on 9/11 in Superstorm Sandy.
"You're never too old to chase your dream." —Diana Nyad, 64, after becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage, on her fifth try since 1978.