“I don’t know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves because it was so horrendous what was happening.”
— RUTH MADOFF, telling 60 Minutes‘ Morley Safer that she and her husband, convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie …
Quotes
NCAA Athletes Want a Share of Revenues
“The things we go through, the hours we put in, what our bodies go through, we deserve some sort of (results). College football is a billion dollar industry.”
— DENZEL MCCOY, a redshirt freshman defensive end at Georgia Tech, …
Bangkok Struggles With Massive Floods
“In the worst-case scenario, if all the dikes break, all parts of Bangkok would be more or less flooded.”
— SERI SUPHARATID, Rangsit University’s disaster director, on the city’s ongoing flooding (via MSNBC)
Dictators Say The Darndest Things: Gaddafi’s Most Baffling Quotes
Muammar Gaddafi was many things: a dictator; a lover of Condoleezza Rice; a bizarre orator.
Protests Turn Nasty in Greece
“We are not lazy; it’s the Germans, they want to take our blood.”
— ELEFTHERIOS ZARKADOS, a protester outside Greece’s parliament building on Wednesday, during a 48-hour rally against more anticipated cost-cutting measures by …
Texas Fumes Over Space Shuttle’s Houson Omission
“It’s like putting the Statue of Liberty in Omaha.”
— TED POE, a Texas U.S. Representative, discussing the frustration in Houston over cities such as New York being awarded a retired NASA shuttle and not Houston, home to …
E! Channel’s Guiliana Rancic Reveals She Has Breast Cancer
“It was just a kick in the stomach … I couldn’t believe it, 36 years old, no family history.”
—GUILIANA RANCIC, E! News cohost, revealing on the Today show that she has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer; she says …
Quote: Zachary Quinto Explains Why He Chose to Come Out
“When I found out that Jamey Rodemeyer killed himself — I felt deeply troubled. But when I found out that Jamey Rodemeyer had made an ‘it gets better’ video only months before taking his own life — I felt indescribable
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Quote: Hilary Swank Regrets Attending Chechen Leader’s Party
“I deeply regret attending this event. If I had a full understanding of what this event was apparently intended to be, I would never have gone.”
— HILARY SWANK, who came under fire for attending the birthday party of Chechen …
QUOTE: Michelle Obama Misses Shopping
“People realize and it’s amazing how people don’t recognize you. They don’t expect to see me at Starbucks or at Chipotle.”
— MICHELLE OBAMA telling Al Rocker about how she likes to get outside the White House and shop (via MSNBC)
Quote: Fox News’ Roger Ailes Explains Why He Hired Sarah Palin
“I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings.”
—ROGER AILES, chairman of Fox News, on his apolitical reasons to hire former Alaska governor Sarah Palin as a network contributor (via Associated Press)
QUOTE: NBA Really Running Out of Time
” I mean, we can only say we’re running out of time so many times.”
— ADAM SILVER, the NBA’s deputy commissioner discussing the lockout negotiations (via Sports Illustrated)
