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"Could you get a little closer apart?" - Michael Curtiz, Hollywood director, to two stars "The more killings and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents." - Richard M. Daley, mayor of Chicago, commenting on the rise of crime in his city "You're a parasite for sore eyes." - attributed to actor/director Gregory Ratoff "When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you." - movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn, to a young writer "I always wait until a jury has spoken before I anticipate what they will do." - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno "The only thing worse than making you wait for the facts is giving you facts that turn out not to be facts." - Pentagon spokesman Captain Steve Pietropaoli on NATO bombings in Serbia "Mr. Speaker, this bill is phony with a capital F." - congressman, during a heated congressional debate "I'm not a snob. Ask anybody. Well, anybody who matters." -rock star Simon LeBon of Duran Duran "I've always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly under populated." - Lawrence Summers, chief economist of the World Bank "The crime bill passed by the senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent crimes: assassinating the President; hijacking an airliner; and murdering a Government poultry inspector." - Knight Ridder News Service dispatch "I wouldn't want anything to happen to the President of the United States, even though I might be in some kind of line of succession. It probably will never happen, but it's nice to think about anyway." - Senator Warren Magnuson, upon becoming president pro tem of the Senate "Send all the details. Never mind the facts." - telegram from the editor of the old New York World to his Washington correspondent "I will not tolerate intolerance." - Senator Bob Dole on Pat Buchanan "That is true -- but not absolutely true." - Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau "I will talk to my stockbroker, and unless he gives me some good reason why I shouldn't, I would be pleased to dispose of (my South African investments.} I am very much opposed to apartheid. - California State Senator Milton Marks "The profits shall be equally divided and the residue goes to the governor." - Irish Bank Bill of 1808 "I have not reneged on my promise. I have changed my mind." - New York gubernatorial candidate Pierre Rinfret "After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school department is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post." - Philip Streifer, superintendent of schools, Barrington, Rhode Island "In a general way, we try to anticipate some of your questions so that I can respond 'no comment' with some degree of knowledge." - CIA memo "I never put on a pair of shoes until I have worn them five years." - movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn "You [Clinton] have demonstrated ... a higher commitment to the kind of moral leadership that I value in public service and public policy than any person I have ever met." - Democratic national chairman Steve Grossman at a NY fund raiser "No unmet needs exist and ...current unmet needs that are being met will continue to be met." - Transportation Commission on Unmet Transit Needs, Mariposa County, California "We are launching this innovation for the first time." - NYC Mayor Jimmy Walker |