“I saw that figure this morning, and I thought: Oh, no. Here we go again.”

“I saw that figure this morning, and I thought: Oh, no. Here we go again.”

Austrialian stockbroker Peter Wright

As he watched Australian shares fall Tuesday after seeing the Dow Jones industrial average plummet nearly 700 points the day before.

“It is not a problem. I was not working for myself. Now I will be a full-time citizen.”

Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat

Agreeing to step down after a court dissolved Thailand’s top three ruling parties for electoral fraud .

“The piracy problem is part of the legacy of the situation of the country. This 18 years of civil war is followed by disorder.”

Somali prime minister Nur Hassan Hussein

Saying his country cannot stop piracy by itself.