‘I’m trying to live by the laws, and the federal government is the worst partner you could ever have.’
— Frank Mariani, owner of Lake Bluff Landscaping, on not being able to get visas for 130 seasonal workers
‘I told her to sit down with some language I shouldn’t have used. Thank God today wasn’t Mother’s Day.’
— Cleveland’s star forward LeBron James, on yelling at his mother, Gloria, to butt out of his scuffle with the Celtics’ Paul Pierce
‘There is something very wrong when our wounded troops have to fill out forms in triplicate for meal money while billions of dollars in cash are handed out in Iraq with no accountability.’
— Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
‘As California goes, so goes the rest of the nation. It’s inevitable. This door’s wide open now. It’s going to happen, whether you like it or not.’
— San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, after California’s Supreme Court declared that gay couples can marry
