Perspectives.(Brief Article)

"It was like sitting in a boat caught in a storm." Panka Darji, from Ahmedabad, India, on last week's devastating earthquake

"Hopefully he is not as stupid as he seems, nor as mafia-like as his predecessors were." Cuban President Fidel Castro, taking his first shot at Bush

"No one gets to stay forever. And it's better to leave when someone wants you." Bill Clinton, to a fan in his new home of Chappaqua, New York

"It would have been 'Wow,' but the W was removed so now it's just O." Ari Fleischer, George W. Bush's press secretary, on his reaction to the missing W keys on computer keyboards around the White House, a prank by departing Clinton staffers

"I wouldn't want any unneutered Clintons in my house." Former Labor secretary nominee Linda Chavez, wondering about the reproductive status of the Clintons' cat, Socks, which she has offered to adopt

"It was overconfidence on my part. I am completely to blame." Tarquino Arevalo, captain of the oil tanker that collided with rocks in waters near the Galapagos Islands, causing substantial damage to the unique environment

"It seemed like whenever we played him we found more of the skeleton." Utah Natural History Museum ...