(FORTUNE Magazine) – -- MARTIN ANDERSON, 51, former White House policy adviser, on how David Stockman would have described baseball great Ted Williams: ''Even at the height of his career, Williams managed to get base hits only 40% of the time and struck out repeatedly.''

-- JACK RYAN, 59, executive vice president of the Leo Burnett ad agency, which represents Kellogg, reacting to the idea that an agency's employees should buy a client's products: ''I just can't spot-check whether our people are eating Kellogg's Corn Flakes or Ralston Purina Wheat Chex in the morning.''

-- JAMES BAKER, 58, Treasury Secretary, explaining the jittery state of the financial markets a few days after news of a sharp drop in the trade deficit: ''I suppose it's a case of, because things are so good, things are going to get worse. And when things start getting worse, things will be looking better.''