“It’s ‘Big Government’ to the max!”

— Sen. John Kuhn, R-Charleston, opposing the seat-belt law

“What is more important than saving lives?”

— Sen. Greg Ryberg, R-Aiken, asking why opponents want to kill the seat-belt bill

“We are the laughingstock of South Carolina.”

— Sen. John Drummond, D-Greenwood, on the Senate’s deadlock

“The senator from Beaufort is attempting to make a 15-C motion under the guise of at 15-A.”

-- Sen. Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston, citing parliamentary rules to urge denial of a motion by Scott Anderson, R-Beaufort, to set a time for a vote on the bill

“I just want to be recorded as feeling strongly both ways.”

-- Sen. Robert Waldrep, R-Anderson, joking during debate