“It’s more than just seeing it, it’s feeling it. ... And just knowing that you’re there and having that to remember for the rest of your life.” — Avis Buchanan, a D.C. resident who came to Dallas to watch the total eclipse on April 8. (Monday, The Dallas Morning News)
“The change in temperature will give us some really cool data …The wind pattern from the temperature changes is what we’re really interested in.” — Jacob Clarke, a research engineer at SMU, noting the temperature may have dropped up to five degrees during the eclipse. (Monday, The Dallas Morning News)
“I think that’s been the coolest thing for me on this journey. We started our season playing in front of 55,000 people in Kinnick Stadium, and now we’re ending it playing in front of probably 15 million people or more on TV. It just continues to get better and better and better. That’s never going to stop.” — Basketball star Caitlin Clark, who’s looking forward to the WNBA draft, where she is expected to be the top pick. (Tuesday, The Associated Press)
“The citizens of Plano who reside in nearby neighborhoods chose the area for its safe suburban environment, and visitors to the community deserve to frequent legitimate businesses without unknowingly leading their children past a brothel or parking next to predators responding to salacious advertisements for the sale of young girls.” — Court documents from the city of Plano in an inquiry over the Red Rose Spa. The city said the spa is a front for prostitution and human trafficking. (Friday, The Dallas Morning News)
“Forget a solar eclipse. We were on goat watch.” — Tori Fugate, of the KC Pet Project, a nonprofit that handles animal control for Kansas City, talking about a mountain goat that got stuck under a bridge and survived a rocky rescue. (Tuesday, The Associated Press)
“I’m doing this not because I want Boeing to fail, but because I want it to succeed, and prevent crashes from happening.” — Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour, a whistleblower who made alarming claims about the company’s jets. (Friday, NPR)
“The only thing I have to say is, it’s just further reminder of Ron being gone all these years. … It’s no great loss to the world. It’s a further reminder of Ron’s being gone.” — Fred Goldman, Ron Goldman’s father, commenting on O.J. Simpson’s death. Simpson was acquitted in a murder trial for the deaths of Goldman and Nicole Simpson. (Thursday, NBC News)
“I think that people need to remember that this is a preventable disease. ... It is a potentially dangerous disease for their children.” — Susan Hassig, an infectious disease researcher at Tulane University, commenting on the CDC’s recent report on measles trends showing cases were 17 times higher in the first three months of the year. (Thursday, The Associated Press)
“It takes forever to get anything done... I’ve just given up.” - Edwin “Bubba” King, an attorney who has been practicing law in Dallas County for 47 years and is taking his business to Collin County. (Friday, The Dallas Morning News)
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