Verbatim

"That's not where we need to be." JOHN SNOW, Treasury Secretary, acknowledging that job growth in February fell short of the Administration's hopes

"This isn't going to be some kind of 'We're like them, they're like us, wishy-washy, mealymouth, you can't tell the difference' deal." JOHN KERRY, front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, on the election campaign against President Bush

"Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue." GEORGE W. BUSH, starting his re-election campaign after Kerry's big win on Super Tuesday

"Fly on the damn plane! Calculate the odds of being harmed by a terrorist! It's still about as likely as being swept out to sea by a tidal wave." JOHN MCCAIN, Senator from Arizona, in his new book, Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life

"This win means so much to me." HOWARD DEAN, former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, on winning his first primary--in his home state of Vermont--after dropping out of the race

"The Governor gets requests from all across the country to help candidates. The President will be one of those he helps." ROB STUTZMAN, spokesman for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, after the Governor missed a Silicon Valley fund raiser for President Bush to attend meetings in Sacramento

"It was like he was trying to be a host of a party and all the guests wanted him to leave." ANGELA STEVENS, Disney shareholder, who attended the meeting at which Michael Eisner was stripped of his chairmanship

"How many points does a three-point field goal account for in a basketball game?" TEST QUESTION, on the final exam for Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball at the University of Georgia, taught by the coach's son, who later lost his job

Sources: Fox; Chicago Tribune; AP; Arizona Republic; AP; San Francisco Chronicle; New York Times (2)