Notable and quotable

“Everybody out there give your mother a hug. Yeah, don’t wait. Life is precious. And what a beautiful world.”

Third Mate Colin Wright

On the Maersk Alabama, giving advice to his fellow crewmen before leaving Kenya for the U.S. after their ordeal with pirates off the coast of Somalia.

“The way we’ve been going, with the bailouts and the entitlements, we’re heading toward socialism. That’s not the kind of world I want my children to live in.”

Karla Waite

Who attended a “tea party” rally in Kansas City to protest government spending and bailouts. Such rallies were held across the country to coincide with tax filing day, April 15.