The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for Nov. 15-20.
“I’ve seen some terrible things over the years, but I had never been standing on a street where pretty much everybody but me and the emergency workers was covered in blood.”
– Former Times Free Press photography intern Shane McMillan, who witnessed the aftermath of the Paris concert hall attack where 89 people were gunned down by terrorists
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“This is such a huge shift in direction from what that group has done in the past. There must have been an outside influence, and I believe the school boards of the state of Tennessee deserve an answer.”
– Chris Turner, chairman of the Bradley County school board, after the state BEP Review Committee stripped multiple long-standing budget priorities from its education funding recommendations for the coming year’s budget
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“Today, I am asking the federal government to suspend placements in Tennessee until states can become more of a partner in the vetting process.”
– Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, joining many Republican governors asking the Obama administration to halt resettling of Syrian refugees in the U.S. following the Paris attacks, which authorities say were planned in Syria
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“Diversifying our teacher population does not sacrifice quality. If anything, it enhances it.”
– Tyrone Howard, dean for equity and inclusion at UCLA’s School of Education, on how having racial and gender diversity can help children grow up free from prejudice
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“When you can put a family in a nice house, in a safe neighborhood, where the kids can play in the yard, it makes all the difference in the world.”
– Chip Willis, new executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland