Toronto Star

Who said what this week

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“Have faith it will happen.” MAYOR OLIVIA CHOW ON THE EGLINTON CROSSTOWN

“Vivienne loved who she was. She never tried to fit in but she did fit in anyway.” RUTH NORMAN ON HER LATE DAUGHTER VIVIENNE, 14, STRUCK BY AN UP EXPRESS TRAIN

“I have this one for sale as well. Brand new, original one, no box. I am asking for $9,000.” TEXT MESSAGE ALLEGEDLY SENT BY TORONTO CONST. BORIS BORISSOV, ACCUSED OF STEALING A LUXURY SWISS WATCH FROM A DEAD PERSON

“We were expected to work in an ever-changing, chaotic, unprofessi­onal and discrimina­tory environmen­t.” STATEMENT OF 10 FORMER STAFFERS OF THE EMBATTLED HOT DOCS FILM FESTIVAL, UPON THEIR RESIGNATIO­N

“Being a ‘world class’ institutio­n, as the AGO claims to be, starts with being a decent employer.” OPSEU LOCAL PRESIDENT PAUL AYERS ON THE STRIKE BY MORE THAN 400 ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO EMPLOYEES

“According to Immigratio­n, I need to go through the whole process again … They are creating the backlog for themselves.” DANIEL AGUILAR, WHOSE CITIZENSHI­P APPLICATIO­N WAS REJECTED FOR BEING FILED ONE DAY EARLY

“It is a grave and serious matter because the scientists clandestin­ely collaborat­ed with the government and military of the People’s Republic of China and were paid clandestin­ely by the government and military of the People’s Republic of China without the government of Canada knowing anything.” MP MICHAEL CHONG, ON A SECURITY BREACH AT A WINNIPEG INFECTIOUS DISEASE LAB

“I tried to say no, but my lawyer said they would have just buried me in legal, so now he’s going to be buying me 10-speeds for the rest of my life, basically.” DAVE LAWRENCE OF THE BELOVED CANADIAN MOVIE “FUBAR,” ON HIS MODEST DEAL REGARDING ARNOLD SCHWARZENE­GGER’S NEW FILM “FUBAR”

“It’s very important and very important to me. I want to have a lot of people have it. All Americans need a Bible in their home and I have many. It’s my favourite book. It’s a lot of people’s favourite book.” DONALD TRUMP, ENDORSING THE

$60 “GOD BLESS THE USA BIBLE”

“I mean, a lot of my jokes have upset people in the past, and I’m sure some of my jokes will upset people in the future. But there’s a standard that I try to hold myself to, and that is I do not make light of somebody else’s tragedy.” STEPHEN COLBERT, REGRETTING JOKES ABOUT CATHERINE, PRINCESS OF WALES, BEFORE HER CANCER DIAGNOSIS WAS PUBLIC

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