“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 …
“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 …
“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 …
“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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“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. …
“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 …
“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)
“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 …
“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 …
“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” …
“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)
“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 …
“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 …