Verbatim

"We must respect the court's ruling, but I know what I will teach my children."

ZELJKO KOMSIC, Croat member of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after the Hague did not find Serbia guilty of genocide in the 1995 massacre of Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica, reflecting widespread shock among the victims

"When you get this far away from a recession, invariably forces build up for the next recession, and indeed we are beginning to see that sign."

ALAN GREENSPAN, former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman, during a business conference in Hong Kong, warning that the American economy could slip into recession by the end of the year

"I came up against something for the first time in my life that hard work and effort couldn't overcome."

TOM VILSACK, former Iowa Governor and the first Democrat to announce his candidacy for President in 2008, who withdrew from the race after he could not raise enough money to compete on a national scale

"Americans don't want Lassie turned into a fur coat."

CONGRESSMAN JIM MORAN, Virginia Democrat and co-sponsor of a bill requiring labels for all clothes with fur, introduced after the Humane Society discovered manufacturers using dog fur and calling it fake, prompting some retailers to pull items from shelves

"Could you double-check the envelope?"

MARTIN SCORSESE, legendary director, who won his first directing Oscar for The Departed after being nominated five times, his first nomination coming 26 years ago

Sources: New York Times; AP; New York Times; AP (2)