"Very colourful."- Back-handed compliment from HM The Queen after touring an exhibition of Sir Paul McCartney's paintings.

"Models are like baseball players. We make a lot of money quickly, but all of a sudden we're 30 years old, we don't have a college education, we're qualified for nothing, and we're used to a very nice lifestyle. The best thing is to marry a movie star." - Cindy Crawford, Supermodel

"If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being." - Jerry Falwell, evangelist

“You know the one thing that’s wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.” - Bill Clinton, 42^nd President of the U.S.
 
"All you have to do is go down to the bottom of your swimming pool and hold your breath." - David Miller, US DOE spokesperson, on protecting yourself from nuclear radiation

"All of a sudden, we see riots, we see protests, we see people clashing. The next thing we know, there is injured or there is dead people. We don't want to get to that extent." – Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor and actor, on the dangers posed by gay marriage.

"See the New York Jets play the Cinncinnati Bagels this Sunday on NBC." - Announcer on WNBC station

"Yo, I failed ninth grade three times, but I don't think it was necessarily 'cause I'm stupid." - Eminem

"Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it." - Julie Andrews, actress

"I am surprised at the way people seem to perceive me, and sometimes I read stories and hear things about me and I go 'ugh.' I wouldn't like her either. It's so unlike what I think I am or what my friends think I am." - Hillary Rodham Clinton, former first lady and U.S. Senator

"My only regret in the theater is that I could never sit out front and watch me." - John Barrymore, actor in the early days of Hollywood

You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat. - Mike Tyson

"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record." - Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

"If I die before my cat, I want a little of my ashes put in his food so I can live inside him."  – Drew Barrymore, actress

"They've given me a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Am I that f--king old? I thought that was for dead guys." - Billy Bob Thornton

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body." - Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.

"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves." - John Wayne

"Gwyneth Paltrow is quite pretty, in a British horsy sort of way." - Julia Roberts, actress

"There was a lot of tabloid journalism about my supposed sex addiction. Bullshit. It's all bullshit. I mean, come on, I never pretended to be a saint. But give me a break." - Michael Douglas

"I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel or a best-seller and get frustrated when they can't. I've learned to despise them." - John Grisham, author

"Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything." - Bob Dylan, singer, song-writer

"You can expect Bobby to be Bobby. If Bobby ain't Bobby, Bobby just can't be Bobby." - Bobby Brown, singer

"It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters." - Vanna White, game show hostess

"I'm paying $8,000 a night. If she wants to drink, she can drink." -Nicholas Cage, yelling at the Four Seasons staff in Maui. Seems the bartender wouldn't serve alcohol to Cage's 19-year-old girlfriend, Alice Kim.

"I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man." - Justin Timberlake, singer

"I hate feet. They freak me out. I don't like my own feet, either. There's something about feet that's creepy. I just think they're dirty. I hate any part of the body that can stink that bad." - Tara Reid, actress

"I heard she's got a cute little rear end. Aside from that, I'm not really familiar with her." - Will Ferrell on his "Bewitched" costar Nicole Kidman before they started filming.

"All men here is blah, blah, blah, blah, Sex, blah, blah, blah, Food, blah, blah, blah, Beer." - Denis Leary on what men hear when women talk.

"I've never driven a horse before" - Tara Reid

"I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever." - Amie Beth Dickinson, Miss Alabama, in response to the question: If you could live forever, would you and why?, 1994 Miss USA Pageant

"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?" - Lee Iacocca

"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur." - Al Gore, former U.S. vice president

"I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics." - Brad Pitt, actor

"Don't bother. It's totally not worth watching." - Nicole Richie, telling a friend who was interested in her show The Simple Life.

"The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse." - Jacqueline Kennedy, former first lady

“You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president.” - Bill Clinton, 42^nd President of the U.S.

"It's a drag having to wear socks during matches, because the tan, like, stops at the ankles. I can never get my skin, like, color coordinated." - Monica Seles, tennis player

"Just because I have my standards, they think I'm a bitch." - Diana Ross, singer and actress

"Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered." - Marilyn Monroe

"There are, I think, three countries left in the world where I can go and I'm not as well-known as I am here. I'm a pretty big star, folks - I don't have to tell you. Superstar, I guess you could say." - Bruce Willis, actor

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