NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE

“Many of us are heading into Tuesday filled with both hope and determination. ... And we need to be clear that regardless of how the court rules, we will need both for whatever the next steps are.”

Kate Kendell

Executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, as California’s highest court prepared to rule on the legality of a voter-approved ban on same-sex unions. The court upheld the ban Tuesday.

“That’s just insane. ... We have a lot of difficulty keeping birds away from airports as it is.”

Jeff Skiles

Co-pilot of the USAirways jet that landed in the Hudson River after a bird strike, on New York’s plans to build a large garbage transfer station next to LaGuardia Airport.