"I just wanted you to know that Americans take comfort in knowing that we're not alone."

"I just wanted you to know that Americans take comfort in knowing that we're not alone."
-- President Bush,
thanking leaders at the United Nations for their support in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
"I don't have a favorite kind of film to make. I just look for the best material I can find."
-- Robert Wise,
Oscar-winning director of the musical "West Side Story" who died Wednesday at 91.
"Gaza Strip is like a bird cage. But now I feel like a bird who has flown its cage and is breathing freedom."
-- Ibrahim Abu Younes,
a 50-year-old Palestinian construction worker.