“In the Senate four years – and that is the full extent of public life – no international experience, no military experience, you can imagine what the advertising is going to be next year.”

— U.S. Sen. John Kerry, referring to U.S. Sen. John Edwards during the Democratic primary.

“My only problem with you, governor, is that you’ve only had four and going into your fifth year of governorship… . Frankly, I really believe that you need more experience before you become president of the United States.”

— U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, referring to George W. Bush during the 2000 Republican primary (via Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne).

“I wanted to talk to Shatana for a long time. I was sick of seeing him in the courtroom and not knowing what was going on in his head.”

— Tara LaCelle-Miller, victim of an accidental shooting, explaining why she contacted the shooter, Shatana Pole.

“I was shocked to hear what she had to go through. It was a very hard, hard day. But it was good in other ways. It was one of the happiest days of my life.”

— Shatana Pole, remembering the initial conversation with Tara LaCelle-Miller

“I think the intelligence I get is darn good intelligence, and the speeches I have given are backed by good intelligence”

— President Bush on July 14, 2003.

“Most of the key judgments in the October 2002 national intelligence estimate on Iraq’s WMD programs were either overstated or were not supported by the raw intelligence reporting.”

— U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., discussing the report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which was released Friday.

“I want you to continue keeping the issue (of homelessness) in front of the mayor and the people, but it has to be reasonable. Breaking the law is not reasonable.”

— Spokane Police Chief Roger Bragdon.

“I need to let you know you have broken the law by being on state land. We’ve called the police.”

— Linda Dugger, a program supervisor for DSHS’s Adult Protective Services, whose offices were shut down by home health-care workers and advocates. Three people were arrested.

“You win some, and some get stolen.”

— U.S. Rep. Butch Otter, R-Idaho, after Republican leadership held the vote open long enough to win converts and defeat Otter’s proposal that would have barred the Justice Department from searching bookstore and library records.

“We would appreciate it if you would turn your pipe a little bit downstream.”

— Spokane Mayor Jim West, on the proximity of the county’s proposed wastewater plant’s discharge pipe to city wells.