"We have arrived at a crucial stage of the preparations, and we are trying to overcome a lot of

"We have arrived at a crucial stage of the preparations, and we are trying to overcome a lot of difficulties."
Farid Ayar
Spokesman for the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq.
"As bad as you think it's going to be, it's worse to go through it."
Philip Slocum
Dean and vice president for medical affairs at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, on the deaths of 13 people aboard a plane carrying doctors and others to a conference.
"They had a lot of heart. They never gave up. That team never dies."
Brian Cashman
New York Yankees general manager, after the Boston Red Sox beat his team to win the American League pennant.