‘I bet I can stay up longer than they can.’ — Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, on Democrats who staged an all-night Senate debate on the Iraq war
‘You walk into a church building, you have naked bodies before your eyes, how are you going to close your eyes and seek God?’ — The Rev. Neil Rhodes, asking a New York court to prevent a company from putting up in Times Square near his church a billboard on bidets featuring nude buttocks with smiley faces on them
‘I’m sorry. Can I get a hug?’ — A hooded man who had a change of heart about robbing guests on the back patio of a Capitol Hill home
‘He has failed because of his leadership style, a style which is not designed to bring people together.’ — Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), on Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s failure to reach a budget accord
