Quotes of note

"More than any celebrity, star, or athlete could ever attain, you, Warren, have given our young people - you have given all of us - the perfect example of a true hero."
THE REV. GREGORY G. GROOVER, on firefighter Warren J. Payne, who was killed last week battling a restaurant blaze in West Roxbury

"All the darkness in the world cannot put out the light of one candle. Paul is that candle. Shine on Paul, shine on."
JAMES CAHILL, eulogizing his brother Paul Cahill, who also perished in the fire

"It partly depends on the, on your definition of 'substantial.' "
White House Chief of Staff JOSH BOLTEN, asked whether there will be a "substantial commitment" of US troops in Iraq in 2009

"We're kicking ass."
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, to Australia's deputy prime minister, on progress in Iraq

"Maybe we're up past his bedtime."
Republican presidential candidate JOHN McCAIN on rival Fred Thompson not participating in a GOP debate in New Hampshire

"That I'm some kind of creature from an alien world, I suppose."
Democratic presidential candidate HILLARY CLINTON, when asked what is people's biggest misperception of her

"How about that President Bush, yesterday made a surprise visit to Iraq. . . President Bush was in Iraq for eight hours. Nice to see he has an escape strategy."
DAVID LETTERMAN

"I just felt so used as a consumer. They hyped up the iPhone for six months and built up our expectations, and then they grabbed our extra $200 and ran."
KEVIN TOFEL, on Apple saying it will drop the price of the iPhone by $200