Quotables

“They’ve chosen profit over the health and safety, well-being, and future of our children.”

California Attorney General ROB BONTA on why the Golden State and roughly a dozen others are suing ByteDance, owner of social media platform TikTok, for contributing to a mental health crisis among children.

“Do not refer to it as being in Israel.”

MARK MEMMOTT, senior director of standards and practices for CBS News, writing about Jerusalem in instructions to employees in an August email leaked to The Free Press and published on Oct. 9. The U.S. government has recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital since Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act in 1995.

“There is not a thing that comes to mind.”

Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee KAMALA HARRIS when asked on The View on Oct. 8 whether she would have done anything differently than President Joe Biden. Harris added that she’s “been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.”

“As I was saying …”

Republican presidential nominee DONALD TRUMP addressing an outdoor rally in Butler, Pa., on Oct. 5. The former president returned to Butler for the first time since a failed assassination attempt interrupted a Trump rally at the same location on July 13.

“It is goodbye to old Las Vegas and the Rat Pack.”

U.S. Rep. DINA TITUS, D-Nev., on the demolition of the iconic Tropicana hotel and casino made famous by such celebrities as Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. The city demolished the Tropicana on Oct. 9, and officials plan to build a baseball stadium in its place for the relocating Oakland A’s.