“It sounded like this wasn’t thought through.”

– General manager Alan Donnelly of Washington State University’s the Daily Evergreen, after an art student slipped inserts bearing a swastika into 100 or more copies of the student newspaper as part of what was described as an “ad subversion project.”

“Pizza always seems to do well in a recession.”

– Dianne LaValley, Spokane-area director of the staffing agency Accountemps, talking about a category of food that withstands the negative impact bad economic times have on entertainment and meal purchases.

“It’s a business standard. Your high-quality products, you’re going to charge more for.”

– Idaho Fish and Game Director Cal Groen, explaining why the state will establish a differential fee schedule that requires sportsmen to pay more for tags for popular game, including salmon, steelhead, and antlered elk and deer.

“They’re not going to reject me.”

– Veteran U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, saying that in spite of his having been found guilty of seven felony counts, his colleagues in the Senate will not vote to expel him.

“A lot of folks were on that bridge and rode it down. God was looking out for Nampa today, that’s for sure.”

– Nampa, Idaho, Deputy Fire Chief Doug Strosnider, as quoted by the Idaho Statesman, speaking about a bridge collapse that sent 14 construction workers from a Spokane company to the hospital, but none with life-threatening injuries.

“I try to tell people it’s a box of rocks. It’s got 3,200 horsepower, stainless steel, 7,000 yards of concrete and about 4 trillion bugs – but it’s still essentially a box of rocks.”

– Plum Creek Timber Co. environmental engineer Mitchell Leu, who designed a biofilter that cleans chemicals out of the air emitted by a fiberboard plant in Montana.

“When someone gets 120 days in jail, they should get 120 days in jail.”

– Wayne County, Mich., Circuit Judge David Groner, refusing to allow time off for good behavior when he sentenced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to four months in jail for lying when testifying in a civil lawsuit over his firing of police officers.

“My cops … know the difference between a 47-year-old black male and a young black female.”

– Harrison, N.Y., Police Chief David Hall, quoted by the Associated Press, about an accidental drug overdose involving former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, who initially said it was his daughter who was taken from his home to the hospital.