”We are not a xenophobic country.”-German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, after meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres; he said only a minority is attacking Jews and foreigners in Germany.
ALDERMAN THOMAS MURPHY (18TH), WHO CALLED FOR A 3 PERCENT SALARY CUT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. ”The mayor`s asking taxpayers to take a hit, and so should we.”
”The secret`s Coach K.”
-Duke center Cherokee Parks, attributing his school`s basketball success to Mike Krzyzewski.
”There are people who think we should not have a sex drive because we should not be having these babies.”
-Julia Scott of the National Black Women`s Health Project, which opposes the birth control drug Depo-Provera because of decreased sex drive and other potential side effects.
”The JFK factor.”
-How journalism professor Caryl Rivers describes his opinion that journalists are more interested in candidates that generate attention-getting articles than in advancing agendas.
”We`re going to have to start prosecuting the Amish and everybody else for these violations.”
-Monroe County, Wis., Prosecutor John Matousek, on the county`s effort to get the farm families to license their outdoor toilets.
”It hurts our image, I think.”
-Richard Jarvin, a government worker in Victoria, British Columbia, on the city`s status as the only one on the West Coast not to treat its sewage before dumping it in the ocean.
”Mr. Kelly obviously has good taste in music.”
-Toby Mamis, agent for Alice Cooper, on why the rock singer may bail out a fan who faces foreclosure on his home; the fan included Cooper`s face in a psychedelic paint job on the house.
”People who go to work downtown in the daytime don`t realize what downtown looks like at night.”
-Safe Harbor director Candance Ellis, on the plight of those who huddle in doorways and over sidewalk grates to keep warm at night.
