I cannot explain why it happened. I just wish our crew that day could have helped more people than we did.’ — Hugh Thompson, an American pilot honored for helping Vietnamese villagers at My Lai, speaking on the 30th anniversary Monday of the massacre by American troops.
KEN FRANZBLAU, A RESEARCHER WITH THE NEW YORK-BASED WOMEN’S RIGHTS ORGANIZATION EQUALITY NOW, ON SEX TOURS TO LATIN AMERICAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: `The women are basically a commodity.’
`It goes against
my ethics.’
Ceslie Armstrong, on why she quit as editor-in-chief of Playgirl to protest plans of the magazine’s owners to print unauthorized nude pictures of “Titanic” star Leonardo DiCaprio.
`The president adamantly denies the allegations she has made.’
Robert Bennett, President Clinton’s attorney, on Kathleen Willey’s allegations of a sexual encounter with the president in the White House.
`I don’t think you can slap the President of the United States.’
Kathleen Willey, appearing on “60 Minutes” Sunday, describing an alleged sexual encounter with President Clinton.
`I suppose what I have can be called Alzheimer’s disease, although I’m not as bad as that sounds.’
Former Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.), 82, who retired in 1989 after 31 years in office.
`It couldn’t be more magical than it was.’
Rhode Island coach Jim Harrick on his No. 8 seed team stunning top-seeded Kansas 80-75 and going into the Sweet 16.
`It’s just horrible. You just feel like everything’s gone, your whole world.’
Wynell Avera, whose home was destroyed by the Flint River in Georgia after rebuilding was completed just last year following a 1994 flood.
`We lost control of this thing a long time ago.’
Fire brigade Capt. Kleber Gomez Cerquinho, on raging fires in the northern Amazon that have consumed 2.2 million acres of farmland in Brazil.
`This is a Jewish tradition, not to turn the other cheek.’
Baruch Merzel, former leader of an outlawed right-wing Israeli extremist group, warning Sunday that Jewish settlers will continue to retaliate against Arab terrorism.
`I wouldn’t want those organs in my body.’
Carmen Epps, who has been on a kidney waiting list for three years, reacting to a proposal that prison inmates would be allowed to donate organs to avoid execution.
`Our tools are starting to sharpen a bit.’
Michael Jordan, on the Bulls’ readiness to hit the playoffs in top form.
`When it comes time for St. Patrick’s Day, It’s OK for all of us to say we’ve got a little Irish in us.’
Carlos Garcia, a Chicago South Side parader, wearing a hat with the words “I’m lucky I’m Irish” emblazoned across it on Sunday.
