Quotables

“It was the chillest dog I’ve ever seen in my life.”

STEVE HOWARD, deputy chief of Rhode Island’s Misquamicut Fire Department, describing a yellow labrador who needed rescuing Jan. 1 after falling through thin ice into a pond.

“You might as well wear your slippers in the office as you’re not getting to wear them at home.”

NICK BLOOM , a Stanford economist who studies work culture, on the new Silicon Valley trend of “no shoes” workplaces. He says the phenomenon is consistent with 996 culture (in which employees work 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week).*

“When I see a good-looking tuna, I cannot resist.”

Japanese sushi magnate KIYOSHI KIMURA after paying a record $3.2 million for a 535-pound bluefin tuna at the first auction of the year at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market.

“You have to be a little flexible on Hyde, you know that.”

President DONALD TRUMP to Republican lawmakers during a Jan. 6 meeting to discuss upcoming healthcare policy negotiations. The Hyde Amendment bans using public dollars to pay for abortions, something Democrats support.**

“We’re all still trying to figure out exactly what it means.”

Editors of a popular college survey of overused words and phrases about the phrase “6-7” that took over the tween vernacular in 2025.

*The New York Times; **Politico