`As any of us who lived through the Vietnam War knows, no military action is sustainable without the support of a majority of the American people.’ -Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a POW during Vietnam, on the potential for U.S. intervention in Bosnia, considering the risk to American lives.
ROSEANNE ARNOLD, WITHDRAWING HER DIVORCE FILING AND BLAMING IT ON HER MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES: `Please forgive me to everyone I love. I just lost it completely. . . . I am off for a much-needed rest.’
`I want to end this. I want to die.’
-Thomas Hyde, a victim of Lou Gehrig’s disease, in a home video. Hyde, 30, died on a mattress in the back of Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s van on Aug. 4, a month later.
`A blisteringly exciting, savvy and sad tale of the secret wounds of success, the heavy price of rock fame and its Ticket to Ride.’
-Movie critic Michael Wilmington, giving well-cast Beatle movie “Backbeat” three stars.
`I’m so in love with my work.’
-John Callaway, of WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight.”
`Less a distaff western than a high-tech Virginia Slims commercial gone mad.’
-Movie critic Michael Wilmington, giving “Bad Girls” two stars.
`You are voting with your dollars.’
-“Green” shopper Anna Kogan, on being willing to pay more for products that are biodegradeable and recyclable.
`I’ve decided to accept the terrifying responsibilities that come with leading the nation.’
Japanese Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata, set to take over as prime minister.
`I don’t remember how long I held it there.’
-Police confession of Gail Savage, on using a receiving blanket to smother her 5-month-old daughter, one of three offspring she is accused of killing.
‘A healthy correction that’s making everybody sick.’
-Alfred Goldman, technical market analyst, on the stock market’s recent slide.
`If this is something that can be licked by will power, by tenacity, then he can do it.’
-Henry Kissinger, on the stroke suffered by his former boss, President Richard Nixon.
