Quotables

“I’m fine—I don’t know about my brain, though.”

President JOE BIDEN, making a joke during a July 3 White House meeting with Democratic governors that reportedly didn’t land well with some attendees. The 81-year-old president faced a surge of scrutiny from members of his own party about his age and abilities following his abysmal June 27 debate performance.

“Moral of the story, I should have changed my older passwords.”

Celebrity tech billionaire MARK CUBAN commenting on how he fell for a hacking attack that involved his compromised Gmail address.¹

“When almost every other civilized country is enacting a four-day week, Greece decides to go the other way.”

AKIS SOTIROPOULOS, an official with the civil servants’ union Adedy, voicing objections to Greece’s newly enshrined six-day workweek scheme.²

“We are at a point where the current pharmacy model is not sustainable.”

Walgreens CEO TIM WENTWORTH, acknowledging in a June 27 conference call that up to 25 percent of its 8,600 locations were unprofitable and that Walgreens plans to shutter a significant number of underperforming stores.

“When I saw the result, I was like, ‘Well, I am the true unity candidate. Everyone agrees not to vote for me.’”

FÉLIX-ANTOINE HAMEL, who on June 24 became the first Canadian candidate to receive zero votes in a contested federal election.³

¹ The Dallas Morning News, ² The Guardian, ³ CBC News