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, pop singer
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 Universe Contest.
Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same
reactions in the brain as marijuana... The researchers also discovered
other similarities between the two, but can't remember what
they are.
--Matt Lauer on NBC's Today Show, August 22
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.
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 Kentucky basketball forward
Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest
crime rates in the country.
-- Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC
The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who
make them unsafe.
-- Frank Rizzo, Ex-police Chief and Mayor of Philadelphia
After finding no qualified candidates for the position of Principal,
the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of
David Steele to the post.
-- Philip Streifer, Superintendent of Schools, Barrington, Rhode Island
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