‘The third best moment of my life behind giving my life to Jesus Christ and marrying my wife.’

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Case Keenum on throwing the winning touchdown pass in the closing seconds of the Vikings’ playoff victory over the Saints.

‘I wasn’t ready for all the things that can go wrong.’

Sana Hamelin, owner of a “cat café” in Denver, Colo. One cat became lost for two weeks in the café, and another cat bit a customer. One customer complained that he felt “ignored by the cats.”

‘Just once I would like to hear him say that he was wrong and ask for forgiveness.’

Alliance Defending Freedom President Michael Farris on President Donald Trump, after Trump had reportedly spoken of some developing nations with vulgar and derogatory language during a meeting with senators about immigration policy.

‘The [Chinese] government removes the middle road so it leaves two extremes. You’re either their mortal enemy or their slave.’

Wang Lixiong, a Chinese dissident, on Uighurs in Xinjiang. China’s relentless crackdown on even mild critics in the region has pushed some into embracing extremism.

‘Through security force assistance, by dropping bombs on them, shooting them in the face, or beating them to death with our entrenching tools.’

Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell, the senior enlisted adviser in the Pentagon, on killing members of ISIS who choose not to surrender. “Regardless,” he wrote, “they cannot win, so they need to choose how it’s going to be.”