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The Week In Quotables

By Hillary Profita

December 22, 2006 / 11:05 AM EST / CBS News

A compendium of the week's finest quotations, from the nation's newspapers and beyond.

(CBS/AP)

"I'd trade my laptop right now for a clean pair of pants."
--Jared Keith, business traveler, regarding his impromptu stay in Denver due to weather delays.

(AP)

"We're trying to figure out what changes we can make, short of putting up signs saying, 'Don't put your baby through the X-ray machine.'"
--Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, regarding the agency's plans following a recent incident of an X-rayed infant at LAX

(AP)

"For many of these ingredients, nobody's ever done independent clinical trials to see whether these things are effective."
--Daniel Behroozan, clinical instructor of dermatology at UCLA, referring to anti-aging products, which account for nearly $2 billion in sales.

(CBS/AP)

"It's not just your brain and your body fat and your body organs involved in your energy balance equation. It may also be the bugs that are in your body as well."
--Sam Klein, co-author of a study that reveals obesity may be linked to intestinal bacteria