“I’m not a witch.”
-CHRISTINE O’DONNELL, former Senate candidate from Delaware, tops the list of Yale University’s Quotes of the Year with this gem from her campaign ad. O’Donnell tied for the top quote with former BP CEO Tony …
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Quotes: NFL Players Frustrated with Hard-Hit Rule
“I know it’s not the intent of every player to go out and knock a player out. Your job is to go get the ball and try to get the ball out if you can. I think they’re taking that away from guys.”
-CHARLES WOODSON, Green Bay …
Quotes: Snooki Teaches Barbara Walters Jersey Shore Slang
“When Barbara was speaking in our language…that was frickin’ awesome.”
-SNOOKI, the Jersey Shore star, on her excitement in teaching Barbara Walters the meaning of terms such as “G-T-L” and “grenade”. The cast of …
Quotes: Liu Xiaobo on Freedom of Speech
“Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth.”
-LIU XIAOBO, Chinese dissident and winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, in a statement delivered last year; Liu did …
Quotes: Bristol Palin on Why Margaret Cho Should Embrace Conservative Values
“You would embrace us faster than KD Lang at an Indigo Girls concert.”
—BRISTOL PALIN, in a Facebook memo to her former Dancing With the Stars co-star Margaret Cho, on what would happen if the liberal comedienne came to …
Quotes: Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on His Broken Nose
“I look like I went 12 rounds with [Manny] Pacquiao. I guess I’ll be having a little surgery in the morning to get it fixed.”
-BEN ROETHLISBERGER, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, describing that his broken nose looked
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Quotes: The Nobel Committee Will Honor Liu Xiaobo at Ceremony
“There is going to be a large picture of Liu and there is going to be an empty chair, which we notice is seen as a very powerful symbol.”
GEIR LUNDESTAD, the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s executive secretary, on how the committee …
Quotes: Hillary Clinton Will Not Be Running for President Again
Quotes: NASA is Sorry They Didn’t Find Aliens
“I’m sorry if they are disappointed.”
–MARY VOYTEK, director of the Astrobiology Program at NASA Headquarters, apologizing to a USA Today reporter for not discovering a more traditional alien, merely a microbe. (via the …
Quotes: New York Governor David Paterson on His Job Stress
“I’m a shell…of the man I was before I became governor.”
-DAVID PATERSON, governor of New York, joking to a reporter after lamenting the stresses of his position (via New York Daily News)
Quote: Robert Gates On Latest Wikileak
“The fact is, governments deal with the United States because it’s in their interest, not because they like us, not because they trust us, and not because they believe we can keep secrets.”
– ROBERT GATES, U.S. Defense …
Quotes: New Congress Members to Sleep in Office
“I’m not doing this as a political stunt. I’m doing this because I’m a cheap bastard.”
REP. TODD ROKITA, a Republican from Indiana, on why he is choosing to sleep in his office, rather than rent an apartment in the nation’s …