”Do you know what ducks do? They quack. These leaders are like generals fighting the last war.”
–Economist Robert Lawrence of the Brookings Institution, on the low expectations for the economic summit in Venice, featuring Western leaders dealing from lame-duck or sick-duck status.
”This is a historic event. No one so famous has ever come to Mogliano, although there was a rumor that Napoleon Bonaparte stayed here for an hour almost 200 years ago.”
–Corrado Tegon, mayor of Mogliano Veneto, Italy, where President Reagan and his wife Nancy were to stay during the Venice summit.
”They`re carving up the West so each branch has its own sandbox.”
–Former Air Force mechanic Edward Robbins, on the growing zeal of the U.S. military services to use the Western states for training and weapons-testing.
”I feel like a teenager and I`m not closing any options.”
–George Dunne, 74-year-old president of the Cook County Board, on whether he might seek a sixth term in 1990.
”Trees are sacred here. And when you rev up a chainsaw you do not endear yourself to many people here.”
–Lake Forest luxury car dealer William Knauz, on the flap over Mr. T`s felling of trees on his estate.
