| David Acfield |
Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.
Cricket Player |
| Gary Ackerman |
Sometimes in order to make progress and move ahead, you have to stand up and do the wrong thing.
New York Representative |
| Lamar Alexander |
If you're living in an area with a bad school, move to a place where there's a better school.
former Secretary of Education |
| Richard Allen |
I didn't accept it. I received it.
National Security Advisor to former President Reagan, explaining the $1000 in cash and two watches he was given by two Japanese journalists |
| Woody Allen |
Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.
Film Director |
| Woody Allen |
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
Film Director |
| Woody Allen |
I am at two with nature.
Film Director |
| Ron Atkinson |
He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces.
England Soccer Coach |
| Ron Atkinson |
I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.
England Soccer Coach |
| Ron Atkinson |
I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.
England Soccer Coach |
| Janette Barber |
I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows.
Comedian |
| Charles Barkley |
I think the team that wins Game 5 will win the series. Unless we lose Game 5.
NBA Basketball Player |
| Marion Barry |
If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate.
mayor of Washington, D.C. |
| Marion Barry |
I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less.
Washington DC Mayor |
| Marion Barry |
I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man.
Washington DC Mayor |
| Kylie Bax |
When I'm a blonde, I can say the world is purple, and they'll believe me because they weren't listening to me.
Model/Actress, in Stuff magazine. |
| Bonnie Bedelia |
Sure the body count in this movie bothers me, but what are you gonna do? It's what everybody likes. At least its not an awful body count--it's a fun body count.
actress, regarding the movie Die Harder |
| Ofra Ben Yaacoe |
I'm the consul for information, but I don't have any information.
Israeli Consul, Chicago |
| Tony Bennett |
Every city I go to is an oppurtunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.
Singer |
| Winston Bennett |
I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.
University of Kentucky basketball forward. |
| Yogi Berra |
Well, I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do.
baseball catcher, manager |
| Yogi Berra |
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
baseball catcher, manager |
| Yogi Berra |
Predictions are difficult, especially about the future.
Baseball player |
| Yogi Berra |
It's like deja vu all over again.
Baseball player |
| Yogi Berra |
It was pretty good. Even the music was nice.
Baseball player, after attending an opera |
| Yogi Berra |
I really didn't say everything I said.
Baseball player |
| Yogi Berra |
Congratulations on breaking my record. I always thought the record would stand until it was broken.
to Johnny Bench |
| Yogi Berra |
Always go to other peoples' funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours.
Baseball player |
| Yogi Berra |
A nickel ain't worth a dime any more.
Baseball player |
| Ernest Bevin |
If you let that sort of thing go on, your bread and butter will be cut right out from under your feet.
Former British foreign minister |
| Ivan Boesky |
I think immoral is probably the wrong word to use...I prefer the word unethical.
inside stock trader |
| Ivan Boesky |
What good is the moon if you can't buy or sell it?
inside stock trader |
| Wesley Bolin |
We'd like to avoid problems, because when we have problems, we can have troubles.
Governor |
| Dan Bonner |
The Minutemen are not tall in terms of height.
CBS sportscaster, during a UMass basketball game |
| Larry Bowa |
We talked five times. I called him twice, and he called me twice.
California Angels coach |
| Barbara Boxer |
Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, Thank God, I'm still alive. But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
Senator |
| Terry Bradshaw |
I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.
Former football player/announcer |
| Othal Brand |
Sure, it's going to kill a lot of people, but they may be dying of something else anyway.
member of a Texas pesticide review board, on chlordane. |
| Gerry Brown |
The private enterprise system indicates that some people have higher incomes than others.
former California Governor |
| Jerry Brown |
We're going to move left and right at the same time.
Governor of California |
| Frank Broyles |
Our strength is that we don't have any weaknesses. Our weakness is that we don't have any real strengths.
College football coach |
| Frank Bruno |
I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost.
Boxer |
| Frank Bruno |
Boxing is all about getting the job done as quickly as possible, whether it takes 10 or 15 or 20 rounds.
Boxer |
| Emma Bunton |
I wish men had boobs because I like the feel of them. It's so funny - when I record I sing with a hand over each of them, maybe it's a comfort thing.
Baby Spice of the pop band Spice Girls |
| George Burns |
I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
Comedian |
| George Bush |
You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.
US President |
| George Bush |
Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country.
US President |
| George Bush |
They misunderestimated me.
US President |
| George Bush |
See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.
US President |
| George Bush |
More and more our imports are coming from overseas.
US President |
| George Bush |
It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.
US President |
| George Bush |
It is white.
when asked what the White house was like by a student in East London |
| George Bush |
In the long run, the right answer to unemployment is to create more jobs.
US President |
| George Bush |
I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions --but I don't always agree with them.
US President |
| George Bush |
All I was doing was appealing for an endorsement, not suggesting you endorse it.
US President |
| George Bush |
...NATO and its allies and the United States.
forgetting that the U.S. is in NATO |
| George Bush Sr. |
Yes, maam? Right here, this lady. No, she! Yes, right, second row. Next to the guy in the blue shirt, holding her left hand up. It's a he? Sorry about that. Gotta be careful. I'm very sorry. Go ahead! I'm, excuse me, I'm very sorry. Go, ah, I, a thousand apologies, go ahead.
Former U.S. President, at a press conference |
Small disclaimer - I know that some of these people misspoke and are not really idiots.
