Quotes of note

"Well, you know, Senator McCain, in the last debate and today, again, suggested that I don't understand. It's true. There are some things I don't understand. I don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, while Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda are setting up base camps and safe havens to train terrorists to attack us."-- BARACK OBAMA, in Tuesday's presidential debate

"By the way, my friends, I know you grow a little weary with this back-and-forth. It was an energy bill on the floor of the Senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies, and it was sponsored by Bush and Cheney. You know who voted for it? You might never know, that one. You know who voted against it? Me."-- JOHN McCAIN, in the debate

"I was just trying to give Tina Fey more material. Job security for 'SNL' characters."-- SARAH PALIN, on parodies of her on "Saturday Night Live"

"This is what your airline gets for treating me bad." -- ARTHUR NICOLSON, who shook a bottle of foot powder on fellow passengers before running off a plane at Logan Airport. Nicolson had encountered flight delays, and is facing charges for disorderly conduct

"The bad news: The Dow dropped 500 points today. The good news: I didn't know there were 500 left."-- STEPHEN COLBERT

"Where does it end? Let's ban window washing; someone could fall doing that. And let's ban joining the military; it's bad for public health because people could die." -- MICHAEL BELLODY,on the Boston Public Health Commission's move to ban cigars in the city