"Golden, Ripe, Boneless
Bananas, 39 Cents A Pound." - Ad in the "Missoulian" by Orange Street Food Farm
"I invented the internet". -
Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President
"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious."
- Alan Minter, Boxer
"I think that the film Clueless was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was
very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness." - Alicia Silverstone, Actress
"How
to store your baby walker: First, remove baby." - Anonymous Manufacturer
"You guys line up
alphabetically by height." - Bill Peterson, Florida State football coach
"Men, I want you just thinking of one
word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl." - Bill Peterson, football coach
"The internet is a great
way to get on the net." - Bob Dole, Republican presidential candidate
"I get to go to lots of overseas places,
like Canada." - Britney Spears, Pop Singer
"Most cars on our roads have only one occupant, usually the driver."
- Carol Malia, BBC Anchorwoman
"The team has come along slow but fast." - Casey Stengel, Baseball player/manager
"I think the team that
wins Game 5 will win the series. Unless we lose Game 5." - Charles Barkley, NBA Basketball Player
"China is a big
country, inhabited by many Chinese." - Charles De Gaulle, former French President
"Football players win
football games." - Chuck Knox, football coach
"Most lies about blondes are false." - Cincinnati Times-Star,
headline
"It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago" - Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice-President
"It's
time for the human race to enter the solar system!" - Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice President on the concept of a manned
mission to Mars
"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix." - Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice President
"Strangely,
in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer." - David Acfield
"I haven't committed
a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." - David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations that
he failed to pay his taxes.
"The only reason we're 7-0 is because we've won all seven of our games." - David Garcia,
baseball team manager
"Chemistry is a class
you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something." - Dennis Rodman, NBA Basketball
player, on Chicago Bull's team chemistry being overrated
"We're just physically not physical enough." - Denny Crum,
Louisville basketball coach
"Weather forecast: precipitation in the morning, rain in the afternoon." - Detroit
Daily News
"The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing." - Dizzy Dean explaining how he felt after being hit
on the head by a ball in the 1934 World Series.
"Can you get a ticket for running a stop sign that is not there?"
- Driver school applicant
"The world is more like it is now then it ever has before." - Dwight Eisenhower
"A
billion here, a billion there, sooner or later it adds up to real money." - Everett Dirksen, Congressman
"Boxings
all about getting the job done as quickly as possible, whether it takes 10 or 15 or 20 rounds." - Frank Bruno, Boxer
"The
streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe." - Frank Rizzo, ex-police chief and mayor of
Philadelphia.
"I have opinions of my own --strong opinions-- but I don't
always agree with them." - George Bush, former U.S. President
"It is white." - George W. Bush, when asked what
the White house was like by a student in East London
"If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight."
- George Gobel
"If you think is was an accident, applaud." - Geraldo Rivera, talk show host, to his audience
on Natalie Wood's drowning
"I cannot tell you how grateful I am -- I am filled with humidity." - Gib Lewis,
speaker of the Texas House
"Does the album have any songs you like that aren't on it? - Harry News, music reviewer
"Coming
on to pitch is Mike Moore, who is six-foot-one and 212 years old." - Herb Score, Sportscaster
"I do not like this
word "bomb." It is not a bomb. It is a device that is exploding." - Jacques le Blanc, French ambassador on nuclear weapons
"I
don't want to ever, ever do something in life that isn't fun. Ever." - Jennifer Love Hewitt, Actress, in the February
Cosmopolitan.
"We're going to move left and right at the same time." - Jerry Brown, Governor of California
"I
have a God-given talent. I got it from my dad." - Julian Wakefield, Missouri basketball player
"Traditionally,
most of Australia's imports come from overseas." - Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery
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