Quotables

‘I looked up and I’m like, “What is he doing?”’

Lauren Dango, one of many stranded motorists in Birmingham, Ala., after a snowstorm on Jan. 28, as Chik-fil-A restaurant owner Mark Meadows went from car to car giving away food. “He had a catering order and it got canceled,” she said, “so he pulled over and started giving away food.” Other employees of the restaurant also gave away several hundred sandwiches to those stranded by snow.

‘Password’

A common password on federal computer systems, according to a report by the Republican staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Despite increases in spending for computer security, many agencies have failed to install security patches, update antivirus software, or create strong passwords for important systems. Said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.: “They aren’t even doing the simple stuff.”

‘It’s a clever word game designed to disguise the truth and build artificial support.’

U.S. Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., on pro-abortion advocates’ reluctance to speak the word “abortion” and preference for such terms as “women’s health” and “reproductive rights.” Roby was speaking in support of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, a bill that bans federal funding for abortion through Obamacare and requires insurance companies to show which plans cover abortion. The House passed the measure, but the Senate is unlikely to consider it.

‘Woody Allen is a living testament to the way our society fails the survivors of sexual assault and abuse.’

Dylan Farrow, daughter of Mia Farrow, in a Feb. 1 New York Times column after Allen received the lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes. Dylan Farrow in 1993 accused Allen of sexually abusing her (Allen was never charged) when she was 7 and Allen was in a relationship with Mia Farrow. Allen’s latest award prompted her to speak out publicly for the first time about the abuse.

‘This new generation, they don’t have a clue.’

Mannwell Glenn, a political consultant in Philadelphia, on criminals ignoring the old code of not hurting women and children after a recent string of purse snatchings and shootings in the city.