`I won’t talk on numbers, but we don’t want a market shortage.’ — Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh at the semiannual meeting of oil ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. The ministers are discussing whether to boost output in order to rein in soaring petroleum prices.
JACK GARGAN, ORDERED BY A FEDERAL JUDGE TO HALT ALL REFORM PARTY ACTIVITIES, FINDS THE SILVER LINING TO THAT CLOUD: `In a way, I’ve won. This has been a rat’s nest for me.’
`Imperfect messenger.’
Vice President Al Gore’s description of himself in a speech Monday at Marquette University in Milwaukee in which he proposed sweeping changes in the campaign finance system.
`When you have elected judges, the name of the game is politics. Who you are matters.’
Vivien Gross, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, reflecting on the Illinois system of electing judges.
`This is a great victory for the people of Wyoming and the U.S.’
Tom Patricelli, executive director of Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free, hailing the decision to halt plans for a nuclear incinerator 100 miles from the park.
`In today’s day and age, it is impossible to check every kid in every school every day–not unless you want to stop teaching.’
Schools chief Paul Vallas, on the impossibility of scouring all Chicago schools for guns.
`It stunk. It was not a world-level program.’
Timothy Goebel, 19, of Rolling Meadows, critiquing his own performance in the qualifying round at the World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, France.
`The Illinois Lottery, Players Have More Fun.’
The new ad campaign on an account that has an $18 million annual billing.
`I didn’t beat myself. But I knew it wasn’t going to end without Tiger making a charge. He played great and lived up to his No. 1 ranking.’
Golfer Hal Sutton, who won the Players Championship by a stroke over a hard-charging Tiger Woods.
`The White Sox are baseball’s best-kept secret because there is so much to like about them but so little to love.’
Skip Bayless, in his Tribune sports column.
`I just want to live in freedom.’
The message on a 15-foot banner in front of the Little Havana home in Miami where Elian Gonzalez, 6, is being kept.
`Many people in the country are dissatisfied with the state of affairs. People are tired. Things are tough for them. They expect better things from me.’
Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin, elected with 52.6 percent of the vote.
