Quote of the Day

I felt humiliated, betrayed, disrespected and disregarded.

RICHARD BATISTA,
a New York man currently divorcing his wife, explaining his demand that she return the kidney he donated to her or pay him $1.5 million in compensation

 

These numbers, back-to-back, of more than a half-million a month suggest that the U.S. economy is in a freefall.

NARIMAN BEHRAVESH,
chief economist at IHS Global Insight, after unemployment rates hit 7.2% — a 16-year high

 

I was just floored, absolutely floored, to find out that the future Commander in Chief was actually going to be the future Nerd in Chief.

JOE QUESADA,
editor of Marvel Comics, after learning that President-elect Barack Obama collects Spider-Man comics. Obama will appear on the cover of the next Spider-Man issue

 

Frankly, I think it's a gamble not to do it. It's clear that society is headed down this road.

WILLIAM FORD JR.,
executive chairman of Ford, explaining why the struggling automaker is developing an all-electric car

 

Yeah, he's probably an idiot. Whatever.

MICHELLE OBAMA,
from a 12-year-old interview published recently by French newspaper Le Monde, describing the hype surrounding Barack Obama during his first year at Harvard

 

You can't fix stupid.

 

Israel is probably the only place on earth where Bush can still get a standing ovation.

PETER BERKOWITZ,
a fellow at Hoover Institution, on President George W. Bush

 

One of the specifications is that we don't talk about the specifications.

DAVID CALDWELL,
a spokesman for General Motors, responding to questions about security features for the new high-tech presidential limousine nicknamed "the Beast"

 

You gotta give it to the pilot. He made a hell of a landing.

JEFF KOLODJAY,
one of 155 people aboard a US Airways jet that crash-landed in the Hudson River after apparently hitting a flock of geese during takeoff. All passengers and crew were rescued.

 

Daddy, the plane turned into a boat.

MARTIN SOSA,
a New Yorker who was with his family on the US Airways flight that ditched in the Hudson River, quoting his 4-year-old daughter's reaction to the emergency landing

 

Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

BARACK OBAMA,
U.S. President, in his Inaugural Address

 

They are beautiful names.

TANIA LUNDEEN,
spokeswoman for toymaker Ty Inc., on why the company introduced dolls named Sweet Sasha and Marvelous Malia; Lundeen claims the dolls are not named after the First Daughters

 

How about an upbeat pleasant one for all the red blooded hetero dudes upinheeya?.................

"Nestled in the meat curtains"

 

No person shall have a right to government services in any other language.

A PROPOSED AMENDMENT IN NASHVILLE, TENN.,
where the immigrant population has increased dramatically. The proposal was rejected by 57% of voters, but proponents of the measure say it would save the city thousands of dollars in translation costs

 

I was born a bull fighter and I will die one.

MICHEL LAGRAVERE,
11, after killing six bulls in a single fight in southern Mexico, reportedly making him the world's youngest matador to achieve the feat

 

You can't depend on your eyes if your imagination is out of focus. -Mark Twain

 

The beautiful and complicated pattern of human connection depends on our genes to a significant measure.

NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS,
researcher at Harvard Medical School, on a new study showing that genes influence whether people are natural-born party animals

 

They're part of the family. We love our cows here at Eachwick and every one of them has a name.

DENNIS GIBB,
owner of Eachwick Red House Farm in England, responding to research from Newcastle University that cows that are given names increase milk yields by up to 500 pints a year

 

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
-Mark Twain

 

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
-Abraham Lincoln