“As long as there are negotiations, there is hope to clinch a deal.“Hassan Abdel-Rahman, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Washington representative, on the chance of reaching agreement on the most volatile issues–including control of Jerusalem

“It’s not the run-of-the-mill drought. It’s the kind you’ll see only once or twice in a hundred years.” Mark Svoboda, of the National Drought Mitigation Center, on the deadly heat wave ravaging most of the South

“I was there and [Hillary] never said it. In 29 years, my wife has never, ever, uttered an ethnic or racial slur against anybody, ever.” Bill Clinton, to the New York Daily News, denying a report in Jerry Oppenheimer’s “State of a Union” that Mrs. Clinton (who also denies it) once used a Jewish slur to describe a top aide

“I would really appreciate if people didn’t vote for me.” Douglas Couvertier, candidate for town council in Southwest Ranches, Fla., who only recently learned that, if elected, he would have to give up his job as a fireman just three years before retirement

“No, you can’t kill your ancestors.” Raymond Chiao, a Berkeley physics professor, on the time-travel limitations of the discovery that light pulses can, in fact, travel faster than the speed of light

“What you try to do in any tournament is not make a mistake.” Strategist golfer Tiger Woods, who won the U.S. Open by a record-setting 15 strokes last month, on his play in the British Open–where a win would make him the youngest player ever to win all four major golf tournaments

“I never take you for granted, especially in these times when folks who don’t share our beliefs about what’s right for children and the family are trying to disrupt our relationship.” Dr. Laura Schlessinger, whose show has lost several prominent advertisers due to allegations of homophobia, in a public statement to her audience

“We have the right site. We have the right design. What we do not have is a lot of time.” Veteran Luther Smith, urging Washington officials to quickly build the approved World War II memorial despite opposition to placing it on the National Mall

“We’re not going to stand by and let this be a right-wing Buchanan party. They’ve got to beat us first.” Paul Traux, a longtime Perot loyalist, on some Reform Party members’ plans to refuse party funding for Pat Buchanan’s presidential bid