Quotables

“Every day I’m looking through the list of people who are missing, and I find someone else I know.”

Former Hawaii state Rep. KANIELA ING, speaking to CNN about the Aug. 8 wildfires in western Maui. As of Aug. 21, authorities had confirmed 115 people dead from the fires, with hundreds still missing.

“I didn’t even notice I was shot, but when I tried to get up and walk, part of my leg was not with me.”

MUSTAFA SOUFIA MOHAMMED, a 21-year-old Ethiopian who was gunned down by Saudi Arabian border guards as he tried to cross into their country, according to the BBC. An Aug. 21 Human Rights Watch report accused Saudi border guards of killing hundreds of migrants.

“Anyone who does not toe the left-leaning line now is shunned.”

STEVE EUBANKS, a former senior writer at the Global Golf Post website. He said he resigned after his editors refused to publish an interview this summer with professional golfer Amy Olson in which she’d spoken of her Christian faith and pro-life views.

“These scientists keep naming critters after me, but it’s always the ones that terrify children.”

Actor HARRISON FORD, upon learning of a new snake species, Tachymenoides harrisonfordi, named after him. An ant and a spider have also been named after Ford, according to The Hollywood Reporter.