“I wanted to keep the neighborhood safe. ... I took into consideration neighborhood safety,

“I wanted to keep the neighborhood safe. ... I took into consideration neighborhood safety, the cost of purchase and the depreciation of adjoining properties.”

Ken Neese, of Erskine Avenue in Boardman, who bought a rundown vacant house in January and demolished it the next month. He plans to start a community garden on the site next spring.

“It makes you not want to give anybody a hand with a vehicle if it breaks down. If it was a female, I would help her. If it was a guy, no, I’d be skeptical.”

Aldridge Gardner, 46, of Flint, Mich., after the arrest of a suspect in a three-state stabbing spree that left five people dead and 13 others wounded.

“It’s been amazing, the support and love ... everything that’s been brought to me.”

Steven Slater, the suspended JetBlue flight attendant, who said he wants to return to work just days after his meltdown aboard a Pittsburgh-to-New York flight elevated him to folk-hero status.