‘I think the system is basically sound, I truly do. I understand there’s a lot of nervousness. The economy is growing. Productivity is high. Trade’s up. People are working–it’s not as good as we’d like. And to the extent that we’ll find weakness, we’ll move.’
–President George W. Bush, seeking to bolster confidence in the U.S. economy
‘This regime is not in crisis.’
–Mahjoub Mohammed Saleh, an analyst in Sudan and co-founder of the independent newspaper al-Ayam, after President Omar al-Bashir was charged by the International Criminal Court with orchestrating a campaign that the UN says has killed 300,000 people in Darfur
‘My dress has beautiful beads on the bottom of it, and I stepped on my gown and they made me slip. It was like I was on Roller blades. There was no conspiracy or anything. Nobody left marbles on the floor. It was just me.’
–Miss USA Crystle Stewart (above), who fell during the Miss Universe evening gown competition Monday in Vietnam
