“I don’t think America likes to watch people be ridiculed, made fun of and called ugly monkeys, or that they’re too fat or they’re a degenerate … it’s an absurd concept that this is what’s tolerable now as consumption in America for mass media.”
–Rosie O’Donnell, on comments by “American Idol” judges about some of the show’s contestants
“I ask him, why send 20,000 [troops] only–why not send 50- or 100,000? Aren’t you aware that the dogs of Iraq are pining for your troops’ dead bodies?”
–Al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, on President Bush’s plan to send more troops
“I’m not 100 percent sure why anyone would want their porn in HD.”
–Stormy Daniels, a porn director and actress, on the high-definition format of porn DVDs
“If these allegations are true and if they don’t justify disbarment, then I’m not sure what does.”
–Joseph Kennedy, a law professor at the University of North Carolina, on the ethics charges against Mike Nifong, the district attorney in the Duke lacrosse rape case
“We had a much better atmosphere, good coffee. Unfortunately, they ran around half-naked and we didn’t.”
–Tukila, Wash., coffee stand owner John Cambroto, who sold his business to his rival because he couldn’t compete against the rival’s bikini-clad baristas
`We have never cut the sheriff’s police as the land mass that they have to cover has shrunk.’
–Cook County Board President Todd Stroger (above left), who wants to eliminate 477 sheriff’s positions from the 2007 county budget
`People are constantly bringing up this fallacy about how, “Well, your area has shrunk so you don’t need as many police officers.” That is the argument and logic of a fool. Absolute fool.”
–Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart (above right)
