"Does anybody in here opposed to a casino live next to a blighted building? That's not your reality. My reality is poverty."
—Obar Robinson, speaking in favor of a casino in Albany.
"Here's a fresh new idea: Go to Atlantic City and walk a block from the big hotels and casinos and see if you don't see poverty."
—Joanne Kathleen Farrell, speaking against an Albany casino.
"I committed a sin punishable by death. ...I am at a loss for words. I am sorry. I am sorry."
—Kim Han-sik, president of Chonghaejin Marine Co., owner of a ferry that sank Wednesday off South Korea.
"I don't think we need another committee to review the committee."
—Albany County Legislator Charles Dawson, D-Glenmont, on creation of a committee to review the county charter commission's report.