Quotables

“I think that’s probably a good idea.”

Sen. ROGER WICKER, R-Miss., on former Fox News host Pete Hegseth’s pledge to quit drinking alcohol if confirmed as the next secretary of defense. Anonymous former co-workers have accused Hegseth of engaging in unruly behavior while intoxicated.

“I’ve been watching it, and I’ve been shocked by it.”

Former Boston Police Commissioner ED DAVIS on unexpected public sympathy for the shooter who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4.¹

“This is the worst telecom hack in United States history.”

U.S. Sen. MARK WARNER, D-Va., on a recently discovered hack of at least eight telecom companies. The attack allegedly enabled the Chinese government to read some Americans’ cellphone text messages and eavesdrop on conversations.²

“My life is softer. I am not struggling. I am not very stressed.”

VILMA LARSSON, a 25-year-old “stay-at-home girlfriend” in Sweden who considers herself part of the country’s “soft girl” trend involving women who eschew careers.³

“The probes were never really designed to be operated like this.”

NASA Voyager mission manager KAREEM BADARUDDIN after the space program reestablished contact with the Voyager 1 probe, launched in 1977 on a four-year mission and now still functioning on a trickle of power roughly 15.4 billion miles away.⁴

¹The Wall Street Journal; ²ABC News; ³BBC; ⁴CNN