The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for Dec. 28-Jan. 2.
“You’ll never hear me proposing raising the sales tax.”
— Gov. Bill Haslam, on efforts to balance needs and revenues in the state budget
“We believe that a relationship with God should be fun. It shouldn’t be something to dread.”
— Grayson Parker, worship pastor at Venue Church, on the role of choirs
“He was happiest when he was walking. I bet you he’s probably walked 5 million miles.”
— Sally Higgins, speaking of her friend Paul Guerrant, who was beaten to death on the street in Dalton, Ga.
“You close your eyes and all you see is a gun pointing at you.”
— Phyllis McNutt, who was driving her mom when a woman motorist fired shots into her car on Cloverdale Drive in Hixson
“I built the Bekin’s Building on a business trip in Kingsport. I had it all on the table in the hotel room and I just left a note for the maid — do not disturb. When I came back, they had flipped the paper over and written ‘good job.'”
— Brendan Brosnan, with the Chattanooga Area Model Railroad Club, on how volunteers built the South’s largest model railroad layout. The display will be moved to a new spot at the Chattanooga Choo Choo.