NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE

“It’s unsettling to the faith, that’s why it’s a scandal.”

Archbishop John Favalora

Of the Roman Catholic Church, who admonished a popular Miami priest known as “Father Oprah” after he severed ties with the church when tabloid photos showed him kissing and hugging the woman he loves.

“These Taliban have mixed up themselves among the refugees.”

Chief Syed Akhtar Ali Shah

Of the Mardan Police Department, after the arrest of 39 suspected Taliban fighters hiding among refugees from a military offensive to rout militants from Pakistan’s Swat Valley.

“There is a limit to our patience.”

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry

Saying it would take “self-defense” action if provoked by the U.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanctions on the communist regime for conducting a nuclear test.