Quotables

“I just had to live long enough, so here I am.”

Belgian scientist FRANCIS HALZEN, 82, after being announced as the Nobel Prize winner in physics on Oct. 6. He figured he had a 1-in-20 chance each year of winning the prize for his research on cosmic particles.

“Too many people are receiving the procedure without the opportunity for careful reflection about it with a health provider.”

Two Canadian psychologists writing in an Oct. 5 New York Times op-ed about Canada’s euthanasia policy.

“Isn’t that what you want human connection to be?”

STACEY WALES, whose AI-generated video of her slain brother was played in court before sentencing in an Arizona manslaughter case. The video was later ruled by an appeals court to carry undue emotional weight, and the sentencing was thrown out.*

“The system is ​already straining.”

Saudi Aramco CEO AMIN NASSER reporting that due to conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, global strategic and commercial reserves of oil have now mostly been tapped out.

“Over time, we in the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional.”

Secretary of State MARCO RUBIO on the need to rekindle an appreciation for the legacy of Western civilization during an Oct. 7 speech at the Acropolis in Athens.

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