“She’s in an embryonic stage and won’t be born until her performance this evening.”
— LORI ANN GIBSON, Lady Gaga’s creative director, on the singer’s appearance on the Grammy Awards red carpet; Gaga sat in a giant egg, being …
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Quotes: Advice To Live By From Charlie Sheen
“Stay off the crack. Drink a chocolate milk.”
-CHARLIE SHEEN, giving life advice to the UCLA baseball team on Thursday. (via TMZ)
Quotes: Conan O’Brien on His Twitter Account
“Tell them I would be thrilled if they shut down my Twitter account. I’d love it if that got out. You think PR’s been bad up till now? Wait till you take away my Twitter account.”
— CONAN O’BRIEN, recounting NBC’s initial …
Quotes: Gabrielle Giffords Speaks First Words Since Shooting
“We’re elated at this. We always knew Gabby is a fighter and that she’s not going to let this thing win. And you know, every day is proof of that.”
— C.J. KARAMARGIN, spokesman for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who spoke …
Quotes: Google’s Wael Ghonim on the True Heroes of Egypt’s Revolution
“There are no heroes; we are all heroes on the street.”
— WAEL GHONIM, the Google exec detained by Egyptian security forces, downplaying his personal role in the uprising; Ghonim, who was released Monday, says the revolution …
Quotes: David Pilling on the Stanley Ho Succession Saga
“It’s enough to give polygamy a bad name.”
David Pilling, FT columnist, on the fight for Stanley Ho’s gambling fortune; Ho fathered 17 children by 4 ‘wives.’
Quotes: Joe Biden on His ‘Onion’ Spoofs
“Most people refer to me who know me, and even in the press, of being a little bit square. And now, I’m the philanderer. I think it’s hilarious, the stuff they do on me.”
— JOE BIDEN, Vice President, on being the frequent …
Quotes: Carey Mulligan Wants a Role on To Catch a Predator
“I want to play the fake child on ‘To Catch A Predator.’ No, wait! I want to play the Leaf Man!”
— CAREY MULLIGAN, Oscar-nominated British actress set to play Daisy in The Great Gatsby, on her true acting goal of appearing on …
Quotes: Mark Shields Describes American Diversity Post-Tucson
“We saw a white, Catholic, Republican federal judge murdered on his way to greet a Democratic [Jewish Congresswoman]. Her life was saved initially by a 20-year-old Mexican-American college student, and eventually by a
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Quotes: The Onion Jokes That Hu Jintao Should Pay for Dinner
“Breaking News: Chinese President Hu Jintao pays for state dinner while President Obama in Bathroom.”
—The Onion, a satirical newspaper, joking, on Twitter, about China’s relative wealth. More on state dinners here.
Quotes: Haiti Historian Compares ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier to Hitler
“It’s like if Adolph Hitler were still alive and suddenly appeared at the Berlin airport.”
— Georges Michel, historian, explaining why Haiti’s former dictator, Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier, was arrested upon his return …
Google’s Hopscotch Doodle Honors Martin Luther King, Jr.
The colorful Doodle shows a group of children from different cultural backgrounds playing together, in honor of the holiday that celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.