“You’ve got to believe. If you think you can do it, that’s half the battle.”

“You’ve got to believe. If you think you can do it, that’s half the battle.”

David Miglets, saying he believes his daughter has as good a chance as anyone to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. His daughter, Julia, was the winner of The Vindicator’s 77th Regional Spelling Bee in March, earning the chance to participate in the national event set for June 2-4 in Washington, D.C.

“I struggle every time he leaves with the question of will I ever see him again.”

Cathy Buchanan, wife of an offshore oil worker, commenting on the Deepwater Horizon condolence website about the dangers oil-rig workers and their families live with every day.

“Ronald McDonald is not retiring. He is a force for good. ... He does not hawk food.”

Jim Skinner, McDonald’s Corp. CEO, describing the Ronald McDonald character after critics pressed him to retire the famous icon, saying the clown encourages children to eat unhealthy food.