Commentary: Memorable quotes from the past week

"Do you know what I need for my leg? A bit of tequila."

Pope Francis, joking with Mexican pilgrims about his knee pain.

"She was a goddess. A crazy goddess, but a goddess. She was just fabulous. Nobody photographs like that. And it was done for her. It was designed for her. Nobody else should be seen in that dress.”

Fashion designer Bob Mackie, upset that realty-TV star Kim Kardashian wore a $5 million dress which was custom-made for Marilyn Monroe to the Met Gala.

"I thought I'd locked the phone, but apparently I didn't because then DoorDash came with 31 cheeseburgers."

Kelsey Golden of Texas, after her 2-year-old placed a food order from McDonald's using her DoorDash app. The bill was $91.

"They feel empowered to run because this garbage that was once disqualifying has been so mainstreamed by political leaders and far right-wing media that they are not wearing hoods anymore. They are not hiding in the basement, they are out in the open talking about this, you know, openly as if it's no big deal."

Conservative pundit S.E. Cupp, criticizing Republican candidates who embrace extremist rhetoric.

"This flood might've took my things, memories and stuff that me and him did, but it won't take it out of my heart. We just have to buy new and start over. Seventy and 63 years old. He even told me he'd rather be dead. We don't want to go through this no more."

Judy Meade, after her North Canton home was severely damaged during a flash flood.

"To have that only space for us, celebrated in 2003 so not too long ago, the only supermarket in what really is a food desert, taken away is traumatizing. It’s a sense of being kicked when we were already down, so it’s a different level of pain we’re feeling. We didn’t have much, and you took what was left."

Buffalo, New York, resident Phylicia Dove

"One of the things I say in response to the media … especially early on, about the way I did my job, I said, 'I will absolutely leave the court when I do my job as poorly as you do yours' — and that was meant as a compliment, really."

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

"I will say the thing that has been hardest personally is I've had threats. I have had nasty letters, texts to me with my personal address, the names of my children. It crosses lines, and that’s when it becomes a little scary."

Outgoing White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki

"You can’t be a Christian and vote Democrat. … You God-hatin' communists. You ain't seen an insurrection yet."

Rev. Greg Locke of Mount Juliet, Tennessee

"I do not have an explanation for what this object is."

Scott Bray, deputy Director of Navy Intelligence, showing a declassified video of a UFO during a congressional hearing last week.

"Nineteen of the 20 hottest years ever measured with instruments have been since 2002 and every day watching the international television news feels like a nature hike right through the Book of Revelation."

Environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore.

Charita M. Goshay is a Canton Repository staff writer and member of the editorial board. Reach her at 330-580-8313 or charita.goshay@cantonrep.com. On Twitter: @cgoshayREP

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