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Quotations

Sound bites: April - June 2001

    You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers.
      Clive Anderson, British chat show host
    It was almost like the devil was inside him looking at us.
    of McVeigh's execution, watched on closed-circuit television
      Gloria Buck, relative of a victim of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma bomber
    To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.
      George W. Bush, US President
    The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades.
      Alice Cooper, American rock singer
    Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.
    on the breakdown of her marriage to Ted Turner
      Jane Fonda, American actress
    The fundamental question is is the Conservative Party leadable?
      Michael Heseltine, British Conservative politician
    I'm only a four-dimensional creature. Haven't got a clue how to visualise infinity. Even Einstein hadn't. I know because I asked him.
      Patrick Moore, British astronomer
    Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to lust.
      Ian Paisley, Presbyterian minister and Northern Irish politician
    On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turned out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: The Mummy Returns.
    speaking at a Conservative election rally in Plymouth, May 2001
      Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister
    We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
      Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican clergyman
    There cannot be two top banana's.
    the president of the Association for the Annihilation of the Aberrant Apostrophe, on the new Apostrophe Protection Society
      Keith Waterhouse, English novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter
    Lets face it, a wife can sometimes be a deterrent to a good game of golf.
    on why he doesn't think his son will marry in the near future
      Earl Woods, father of American golfer Tiger Woods


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