“I can’t say this is true yet, cause I don’t know. Next year they asked me to possibly be the judge on ‘American Idol.'”
— BRET MICHAELS, rock star turned TV personality, telling fans there’s a chance that he’ll replace Simon …
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Quotes: Oil Spill Effects on Hurricane Development
“The problem is that this is a man-made experiment we wish we hadn’t made,”
— JENNI EVANS, a professor of meteorology from Penn State University, on what would happen if a hurricane strikes oil-laden waters in the Gulf of …
Quotes: Costco’s Chief Financial Officer on Wholesale Shopping
“I think if there is a silver lining to this horrible economy over the last year and a half, it is that the warehouse clubs and us in particular, are the extreme value proposition. People are shopping with us more frequently than
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Quotes: World Wildlife Fund on the Gulf-of-Mexico Oil Spill
“What is still missing is a solution to the underlying cause of the BP disaster — our addiction to dirty, dangerous oil.”
— CARTER ROBERTS, President of the World Wildlife Fund, on the need for changes in U.S. energy policy. …
Quotes: Crystal Bowersox on Losing American Idol
“We both win. It’s not win or lose; it’s winner and non-winner. Both of us are going to have very successful careers, and we’re going to be friends for a long time.”
— CRYSTAL BOWERSOX, American Idol runner-up, on winner Lee …
Quotes: Phil Jackson on His Coaching Future with the Los Angeles Lakers
“Home is where the heart is, right?”
— PHIL JACKSON, head coach of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, in response to a question on whether he’d retire at the end of the season. (via ESPN.com)
Quote: Kobe Bryant on Losing Game 4
“Jovial.”
— KOBE BRYANT, star of the Los Angeles Lakers, giving a one-word answer to a reporter asking how he felt after losing game 4 of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals to the Phoenix Suns. The series is now tied 2-2. (via …
Quotes: BP Sets Expectations Before Top Kill Procedure
“We always have to be careful about setting expectations.”
— KENT WELLS, BP’s senior vice president for exploration and production, dampening down expectations in advance of the company’s attempt to plug a leaking oil …
Quotes: South Korea Ratchets Up Rhetoric Against North
“In the past 10 years, we have failed to establish the concept of principal enemy. We have ignored the very danger under our feet.”
— LEE MYUNG-BAK, President of South Korea, on reclassifying North Korea as “principal enemy” …
Quotes: Todd Palin on Staying in Alaska
“Where else would we go? Alaska is our home.”
–TODD PALIN, husband to ex-governor Sarah Palin, on why the family has resisted a move from Wasilla, Alaska to the lower 48. (via the New York Times)
Quotes: Richard Blumenthal Apologizes
“At times when I have sought to honor veterans, I have not been as clear or precise as I should have been about my service in the Marine Corps Reserves,”
— RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate, apologizing on …
Quotes: Boston Red Sox’s Marco Scutaro
“I know the whole country of Japan hates me. Sorry, sorry. My bad,”
— MARCO SCUTARO, on being unable to preserve his Japanese teammate Daisuke Matzusaka’s no-hitter bid in the eighth inning of the Boston Red Sox’s game against …