Quotables

“I don’t care about the economics at all.”

Elon Musk, entrepreneur and self-described “free-speech absolutist,” after announcing his purchase of Twitter for $44 billion.

“It’s very strange when one day you’re Cinderella, so to speak, and then in 0.6 seconds you’re Quasimodo.”

Johnny Depp, who called Amber Heard’s accusations “heinous,” and said he never struck his ex-wife.

“It’s a perfect storm. We’re ready to get back to work, but can you afford to get back to work?”

Becky Frankiewicz, U.S. president of ManpowerGroup, a global staffing agency, on the increased costs of commuting because of rising inflation.

“The idea that we’re gonna make a judgment that is going to say that no one can make the judgment to choose to abort a child based on a decision by the Supreme Court I think goes way overboard.”

President Joe Biden after a draft copy of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to Politico. Biden, as a senator, voted in 1982 for an constitutional amendment that would have overturned Roe.

“The United States is certainly, right now, in this country, out of the pandemic phase.”

President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci.

“By many markers, kids are doing fantastic and thriving. But there are really important trends in anxiety, depression, and suicide that stop us in our tracks.”

Candice Odgers, a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, about the sharp increase in mental illness among American teens.