Quotable & Notable

“I love my president, and I love Elvis. You put them both together and add this guy from Japan, it’s a perfect combination.”

-- An Elvis Presley fan commenting on the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and President Bush to the rock legend’s Memphis, Tenn., home, Graceland, June 30

“Each one of us comes into this world with a different collection of things that challenge us and things that give us joy and allow us to bless the world around us.”

-- Episcopal Presiding Bishop-elect Katharine Jefferts Schori

“It must be a law of celebrity physics: When journalists act like movie stars, movie stars act like journalists.”

-- Alessandra Stanley in The New York Times referring to Angelina Jolie’s interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Stanley said Cooper touted his book while Jolie attempted to raise viewers’ awareness of the plight of refugees in Africa.

Correction: “a salt ministry”

-- Newsweek magazine issued a correction to its story about the increasing popularity of intercollegiate debate on evangelical campuses. The story had misquoted the Rev. Jerry Falwall as calling debate for Christians “an assault ministry.”

“I insisted on being the first to vote. I am so happy that I could not sleep last night.”

-- Zahra Ramadan Benbehan of Kuwait where women voted for the first time June 28. About 57 percent of the electorate is women, and an Islamist coalition won 33 of 50 seats in parliament.

National Catholic Reporter, July 14, 2006