OK, so it is Jan. 2, 1991, already. We still can review some of the more interesting quotes that turned up in magazines and newspapers in 1990.
– GEORGE BUSH, at a press conference: ”I do not like broccoli. And I haven`t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I`m the president of the United States, and I`m not going to eat any more broccoli.”
– BARBARA BUSH, in her Wellesley College commencement address:
”Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps and preside over the White House as the president`s spouse. I wish him well.”
– BURT REYNOLDS, who pleads innocent to all charges made against him the past decade: ”I`ve actually heard it all-bisexuality, homosexuality, bestiality, AIDS, even that the mongoloid boy in `Deliverance` was my son.”
– JOHN F. KENNEDY JR., after he flunked the New York state bar exam the second time: ”I`m clearly not a major legal genius.”
– MADONNA, asked if only one person was left on Earth with her, whom would she like to be stuck with: ”John F. Kennedy Jr., or the man who discovers the cure for cancer.”
– ARSENIO HALL, in response to Madonna`s calling his hairstyle ”tired”
on his talk show: ”Let`s not let this Caucasian bleached blond be the judge of black hair fashion.”
– JAY LENO, defending his Doritos commercials: ”It`s a harmless product. I mean, obviously, it`s not an apple. But, like I always say, you don`t see dead teenagers on the highway with bags of Doritos all around them.”
– SYLVESTER STALLONE, star of the ”Rocky” and ”Rambo” movies:
”People think I`ve got an IQ of a hockey score. I`m supposed to be this primordial being who slurs his way through life-master of malapropism. What crap! My vocabulary is larger than (those of) 90 percent of the writers I`ve met.”
– ROB PILATUS, half of the later-dishonored lip-syncing pop duo Milli Vanilli: ”Musically, we`re more talented than any Bob Dylan. Musically, we`re more talented than Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger. I`m the new modern rock `n` roll. I`m the new Elvis.”
– DAN QUAYLE, while campaigning for Republicans: ”I happen to be a Republican president-ah, the vice president.”
– GEORGE HARRISON, responding to Paul McCartney`s hints of a Beatles reunion: ”As far as I`m concerned, there won`t be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.”
– VINCE COLEMAN, who signed a four-year, $11.95-million contract with the New York Mets: ”If the fans have a problem with money, that`s the fans`
problem. Michael Jackson makes $96 million for a show. Eddie Murphy makes $50 million to $70 million a year. We`re only baseball players making $3 million a year.”
– WOODY ALLEN, in a metaphysical mood: ”What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.”
