"One of the reasons I believe in jazz is that the oneness of man can come through the rhythm of your heart."
— Dave Brubeck,
who died last week at 91
"It's just a Kabuki dance."
—Bill Clinton,
on the White House and
Congress trying to avert
the 'fiscal cliff'
"The hardest day."
— Christopher Culnan of Shenendehowa High,
on the deaths of Chris Stewart
and Deanna Rivers
"We're dying. We have to stop the violence against Albany's teenagers."
— Amy Quick,
at the funeral of her friend,
Tonette Thomas