‘I hear they do a fantastic job cleaning rugs, but by now they may be radioactive rugs.’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech to the UN General Assembly, using photos and maps to accuse Iran of operating a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran next to a rug cleaner.

‘It appears we just got Banksy-ed.’

Alex Branczik, Sotheby’s senior director and head of contemporary art in Europe, after a buyer bid $1.4 million on artist Banksy’s famous painting Girl with Balloon. Banksy had built a shredder into the frame, and after the sale the painting shredded itself.

‘I don’t really make decisions based on money, I guess.’

New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia on forfeiting a $500,000 bonus after being ejected from a game because he had thrown a pitch at Tampa Bay’s Jesús Sucre. Earlier in that inning, a pitch from Tampa Bay’s Andrew Kittredge had nearly hit one of Sabathia’s teammates in the head. Sabathia, in his last start of the season, was two innings short of the 155 he needed to pitch to get a $500,000 bonus.

‘Why? She’s on our side.’

An unidentified protester after a protest leader on Capitol Hill led a group in chanting, “I am going to go to Heidi Heitkamp’s office.” The protesters were opposed to Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Heitkamp, a Democratic senator representing North Dakota, a conservative state, ultimately voted against Kavanaugh.

‘I can honestly say I’ve never had a beer in my life, OK? It’s one of my only good traits.’

President Donald Trump on being a teetotaler. He made the remark during the controversy over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s drinking while in high school and college.