“In the old school, we knew every day and were very familiar … The newer school is beautiful and it’s fantastic, but we’re not settled yet. Where’s my classroom? What does this feel like? This is a learning experience, but we’ll all adjust.” – Sarah Haak, whose daughter Emma Haak, began fourth grade this week at Victor H. Hexter Elementary School in Dallas. (Tuesday, The Dallas Morning News)

“I just love that she’s making it public … I think women, the more we share, the better it is.” – Meg Quinn, a food content creator, referring to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s decision to freeze her eggs. (Tuesday, The New York Times)

“What a good thing (Christopher) Nolan has done for us professors … He’s got this other version that everybody has seen in the modern medium of film, and they’re connecting [the poem] to it.” – Dennis Kratz, who teaches Homer’s original The Odyssey to students at the University of Texas at Dallas. (Tuesday, The Dallas Morning News)

“I’ve had it used on me. It hurt … Somebody simply grabbed my wrist while wearing the glove. I’m a big guy. I’m 6’3″, about 250 pounds. It made my knees buckle.” – Kenneth Corey, who spent more than three decades at the New York City Police Department, talking about Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to give its officers high-tech gloves that deliver electric shocks to people they’re trying to detain. (Wednesday, NPR)

“I want to support crypto, I like crypto. I also like my banks … And they really need to come to a place where it’s [not] either or.” – Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, talking about the political fight in Congress between crypto companies and banks. (Thursday, Politico)

“Together, there could be a possibility they’re quite lethal, and separately, it looks like they are not at all lethal, but just very effective.” – President Donald Trump, making in an unsubstantiated claim about the MMR vaccine, which the administration recommends splitting into three different vaccines. (Monday, The New York Times)

“Nero is the most famous person linked to this area, because precisely in Nero’s circus, where the Vatican is now located, the Apostle Peter was martyred.” – Antonella Bonini, an archaeologist at Rome’s cultural heritage superintendency, talking about the remains of an ancient bridge that have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, due to drought. (Thursday, Associated Press)

‘“I just thought: ‘Well, they’re canceling the movie. It’s gotta be bad … (But) it was everything I wished the movie could have been and more. It was so special, which made it so frustrating and so devastating. The confusion was amped up, then frustration, then just searing anger.” – Actor Will Forte, talking about the film “Coyote vs. Acme”, which was canned by Warner Bros. three years ago but is finally being released in theaters.  (Thursday, Associated Press)

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