The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for Jan. 26-Feb. 1.
“Enough is enough. I don’t care what the rules are here. I don’t care what the probabilities are. I’m going to go for it and see what happens.”
– Jim Catanzaro, president of Chattanooga State Community College, on his decision to go against traffic and find an alternative route home after being stuck on Interstate 285 outside Atlanta for 13 hours on Tuesday
“I’m sorry. … I’m just kidding.”
– Former Southern Adventist University student James Gaines, who told the enrollment services director at Chattanooga State that he might have to “strap a bomb on me” to get paperwork from Southern. His comments prompted a more than two-hour shutdown of Southern’s campus and a massive response from law enforcement