Quotes of note

"The American superfish."-- The XINHUA NEWS AGENCY, China's official press agency, describing American Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps

"The era of repression is over forever. Dictatorship has become a tale of the past."-- Prime Minister YOUSEF RAZA GILANI of Pakistan, urging President Pervez Musharraf to step down

"The only way the turnpike is going to have that money is to increase tolls. Where else could it come from?"--MARY CONNAUGHTON of the Turnpike Authority Board, on recommendations that more money be committed to maintenance of the Big Dig tunnels

"I think he's crashed."-- An AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, who was tracking the progress of an Angel Flight plane that crashed in Easton, killing the pilot and two passengers - a cancer patient and his wife who were en route to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for treatment

"Not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime."-- Attorney General MICHAEL MUKASEY, on politically motivated hirings in the Justice Department

"He has no friends now. No one wants to get involved. Someone has to stand up for him."-- Lawyer STEPHEN B. HRONES, on why he decided to defend alleged conman Clark Rockefeller

"Why won't America and NATO help us? If they won't help us now, why did we help them in Iraq?"-- DJIMALI AVAGO, a Georgian farmer, on the US military not coming to Georgia's aid

"Now they feel that school is over, all they want to do is watch TV or just lay back on the computer and eat. It's like, 'No school! Video game city!' It's really very sad."-- AYANNA MARTINEZ, 13, on the inactivity of her peers during the summer months