“I simply adore Maria Sharapova, and I’m a huge Nadal fan!”
— LIL WAYNE, writing a letter to Sports Illustrated about his thoughts on the U.S. Open; the rapper is currently serving an eight-month sentence on Rikers Island after a 2007 weapons charge (via SI.com)
“We have never, nor would we ever, use auto-tuning during the American Idol competition.”
— PRODUCERS at American Idol, responding to the use of the controversial voice-enhancing software in the U.K.’s X Factor competition. (via BBC)
“Never cross a bridge until you come to it. She may get beat (for re-election), she may step away, she may get sick and die.”
— REP. BOBBY BRIGHT, a Democratic congressman from Alabama, when asked whether he would support …
“We are here for the people and will continue to deliver. Any potential attack against us would be against the people of Pakistan, whom we are here to assist.”
— MAURIZIO GIULIANO, U.N. spokesman, on threats from the …
“Took the rubbish out. Before I knew what I was doing, I’d swung the bag round and flung it over the fence. I think it’s in their tree. WHY?”
— @CATBINLADY, a satirical Twitter account of Mary Bale, a British woman who threw a …
“I’m not going to take this lying down. This is ridiculous. They have screwed up one thing after another.”
— YAMILETH BOLANOS, who operates marijuana dispensary PureLife Alternative Wellness Center, on the Los Angeles city …
“I’m kicking myself. I have a way of climbing into situations that are all my fault.”
— JIM FURYK, pro golfer, on his disqualification from The Barclays because he overslept and missed his pro-am tee time (Via the Associated Press)
“I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children,”
— ELIN NORDEGREN, Tiger Woods’ ex-wife, on the finalizing of her divorce from …
“It’s an absolute standoff. Buyers know that time is on their side and sellers are hard up against their mortgage; they just can’t lower their price any more, so it’s hard to put deals together,”
— GLENN KERMAN, Chief Executive …
“If you dog one of us, you dog all of us,”
— CHAN GAILEY, Head Coach of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, to a group of teenagers heckling his players at an open practice on Tuesday (Via the Associated Press)
“We’ve tried 19 months of government-as-community organizer. It hasn’t worked. Our fresh start needs to begin now,”
— JOHN BOEHNER, House Minority Leader, on his suggestion that President Barack Obama fire his entire economic …
“We need better abilities and authorities to put in place these preventive controls and hold companies accountable,”
MARGARET HAMBURG, Food and Drug Administration chief, on the need for greater food safety enforcement (Via Forbes)
