Quotations

Sound bites: July - September 2004

It was an easy mistake to make.

Anonymous Tate Britain spokesman, after cleaners threw away a rubbish bag which was part of an installation by Gustav Metzger

She's not a legend, she's a beginner.

Lauren Bacall, to a reporter who described Nicole Kidman as a legend

I want to deal with women's issues because I just don't think they clean behind the fridge enough.

Godfrey Bloom, British Member of the European Parliament, on being appointed to the women's rights committee

Who you would rather have a beer with is the wrong question to ask voters. I want to know, who would you rather be in a foxhole with?

Hillary Clinton, American politician

Whether I'm as thin as a rake or as round as a pudding I have to walk in this body, I have to live in it.

Geri Halliwell, British pop singer

I am Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq.

Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi President, when asked who he was at the beginning of his trial; the judge ordered the clerk to 'put down "former" in brackets'

I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.

Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host

Printer friendly version