To Quote III
"I don't give advice. I'm going to stay off these hot-button issues." - Billy Graham when asked about his views on gay marriage.
"You have given us the minimum required attention and education that is needed to master any station at any McDonald's anywhere." - Eagleville High School valedictorian Abraham Stoklasa in his graduation speech, after which school officials temporarily withheld his diploma.
"You want a quick way out. There is no quick way out. I tried that. It doesn't work." - Angela Whitiker, on escaping from poverty. New York Times
"He told me if there is anything - anything - he could do, no not be afraid to call him. It really lightened me a bit." - Errol Rose, whose son Christopher, 15, was killed for his iPod, about a phone call he recieved from Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs
"It's hard to feel hopeful sometimes. And yet Scripture reminds us that what makes hope is that you can't see it right there...the greatest gift that we can pass to our children is understanding that God is looking after us in this difficult journey, and that, even if we didn't realize it, there's a plan for us. To be fully grown, you have to live your values...not just give them lip service. You can tell what's important to somebody, not just by what they say, but by what they do. Where they put their energy, where they put their time...it's not easy to protect children from your own crazy life. And if we do what we must do...and use the gifts God's given us, then not only can be e full-grown, but ultimately we can raise the kind of young men that will make us al proud." - Senator Barack Obama, speaking at a Chicago church.
"A hugely popular and extremely successful hip=hop music artist...known for his good looks, 'gangsta' image and hard-knocks success story." - Rapper 50 Cent, describing himself in a lawsuit.
"Napoleon is about embracing the awkwardness of youth and dealing with people of the opposite sex and trying to be cool." - Jon Heder, in response to the question, "So why do 16 year olds in every town in America quote from a strange movie with no stars?"