Question: If you could live
forever, would you and why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we
should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we
would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not
live forever," ---Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.
"Whenever I
watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but
cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and
death and stuff," ---- Mariah Carey
"Smoking kills. If you're killed,
you've lost a very important part of your life," --- Brooke Shields, during an
interview to become
spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign.
"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,"
--- Winston Bennett, University of Kentuucky basketball forward.
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates
in the country," --- Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.
"We're going to
turn this team around 360 degrees,"
--- Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to
thee Dallas Mavericks.
"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing
through our papers. We are the president," --- Hillary Clinton commenting on the
release of subpoenaed documents.
"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be
kicked to death by a jackass and I'm just the one to do it,"--- A congressional
candidate in Texas.
"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great
country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land,
and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves." -
--
John Wayne
"Half this game is ninety percent mental." --- Philadelphia
Phillies manager, Danny Ozark
"It isn't pollution that's harming the
environment. It's the impurities
in our air and water that are doing
it." --- Al Gore, Vice President
"If you let that sort of thing go on,
your bread and butter will be cut right out from under your feet," --- Former
British foreign minister, Ernest Bevin.
"I love California. I
practically grew up in Phoenix." --- Dan Quayle
"It's no exaggeration to
say that the undecideds could go one way or
another" --- George Bush, US
President
"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do
we need?" --- Lee Iacocca
"I was provided with additional input that was
radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version,"
--- Colonel Oliver North, from his Iran--Contra testimony.
"The word
"genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like
Norman
Einstein," --- Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of
people. --- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructo.
"If we don't
succeed, we run the risk of failure."
--- Bill Clinton, President
"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
--- Al Gore, VP
"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come
from overseas."
--- Keppel Enderbery
"The loss of life will be
irreplaceable." --- Dan Quayle
"I was recently on a tour of Latin
America, and the only regret I have is that I didn't study my Latin harder in
school so I could converse with those people." --- Dan Quayle, VP
"It is
wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago!"
--- Dan Quayle, VP
"Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state that is by
itself. It is different from the other 49 states. Well, all states are
different, but it's got a particularly unique situation." --- Dan Quayle
"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we
received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if
there is a change in your circumstances."
---Department of Social Services,
Greenvville, South Carolina
"We apologize for the error in last week's
paper in which we stated that Mr. Arnold Dogbody was a defective in the police
force. We meant, of course, that Mr. Dogbody is a detective in the police
farce." --- Correction Notice in the Ely Standard, a British newspaper
"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as
they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the
next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record." --- Mark S. Fowler,
FCC Chairman