USA Todays 25 Most Memorable Quotes

[Joeaksa]

Well worth looking at, USA Todays 25 Most Memorable Quotes.

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1 "Let's roll."

Todd Beamer, September 11, 2001, just before he and four other passengers attacked terrorists controlling United Flight 93, which crashed into Pennsylvania field. White House may have been target.



2 "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

President Ronald Reagan, June 12, 1987, appealing to leader of Soviet Union to remove Berlin Wall dividing the East and West German sectors. It fell in 1989.



3 "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."

Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, September 27, 1995, arguing that a glove used as murder evidence in the O.J. Simpson trial was too small.



4 "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."

President Clinton denies having had an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky. President Bill Clinton, January 26, 1998, at a White House news conference.


5 "You've got mail!"

America Online, 1989. The voice, which still greets users, is El Edwards, husband of an AOL customer-service representative.


6 "Read my lips: no new taxes."

President George H.W. Bush, August 18, 1988, accepting GOP nomination in New Orleans. A tax hike later in his presidency was a factor in his loss for re-election.



7 "Obviously a major malfunction."

The space shuttle Challenger explodes after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center. Stephen A. Nesbitt, NASA public affairs officer, January 28, 1986, 11:38 a.m., shortly after the space shuttle Challenger exploded.


8 "How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?"

Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, December 5, 1996, interpreted as a warning that stocks were too high. Markets plunged briefly the next morning.



9 "You can't handle the truth!"

Actor Jack Nicholson as a Marine officer in A Few Good Men. By Sidney Baldwin, Castle Rock Entertainment
Actor Jack Nicholson in the film, A Few Good Men, 1992.



10 "I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."

Democratic vice presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen, debating Republican Dan Quayle in Omaha on October 5, 1988.


11 "Just say no."

Slogan of Nancy Reagan's anti-drug campaign, 1984.


12 "I want to focus on my salad."

Martha Stewart, June 25, 2002, on CBS' The Early Show, when questioned about probe into her stock dealings.


13 "What office do I go to to get my reputation back?"

Former Labor Secretary Ray Donovan, May 25, 1987, after being acquitted of fraud charges.


14 "Keep hope alive."

Rev. Jesse Jackson at Democratic National Convention, July 19, 1988.


15 "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."

President George W. Bush on Sept. 14, 2001, addressing fire fighters and rescue workers at rubble of Ground Zero.


16 "My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."

Vice President Dick Cheney, March 16, 2003 on NBC's Meet the Press, describing how Iraqi people will react when U.S. troops topple Saddam Hussein.


17 "Just one more thing."

Teaser line by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, begun in 1999 before he unveiled new products such as the iMac and iPod at computer shows.


18 "Don't give up. Don't ever give up. "

Former North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano, March 4, 1993, accepting ESPY Award shortly before he died of cancer.


19 "It takes a village to raise a child."

Hillary Rodham Clinton in a 1996 book, borrowing from an African proverb.

20 "I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl."

Russ Grimm, 1984, a Washington Redskin who ended his career with three Super Bowl rings.


21 "You gotta fight for your right to party. "

The Beastie Boys, 1986.

22 "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?"

Rodney King on May 1, 1992, after acquittal of Los Angeles police in his beating trial sparked widespread rioting.


23 "Where's the beef?"

Wendy's TV commercial in 1984, later used by Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale to ridicule opponent Gary Hart.

24 "I can't deny the fact that you like me! Right now you like me!"

Actress Sally Field, accepting 1985 Best Actress Oscar for Places in the Heart.

25 "Not that there's anything wrong with that."

Jerry Seinfeld, The Outing episode, February 11, 1993, used later whenever a gay character was discussed on the show

http://www.usatoday.com/news/top25-quotes.htm?csp=34

[on-ramp]

I'm surprised this didnt make the list:

"I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it…I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet….I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't — you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one."

—President George W. Bush, after being asked to name the biggest mistake he had made, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2004

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I'm also surprised this one didn't make the cut:


"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."
—President George W. Bush..Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004

[Zeke]

I don't think USA Today did a very good job on that.

[Joeaksa]

OR,

Someday you might sit back and realize that the rest of the world does not have a 24/7 hard-on against Pres Bush like you and your friends do.

Its funny that every time you post on this thread is against one person/subject yet no comment on any of the other 25 things that they mentioned.

Can you ever think of anything other than harpooning a Republican? I posted these because I thought they were interesting and had no political background at all in doing so. Give it a break for pete's sake...

[Cdnone1]

I'm pretty sure the thread is titled USA Todays 25 most memorable Quotes, not Qoutes from on-ramps bitter little life.
Start your own thread with your own quotes if you like.
Stop hijacking ever thread with your own agenda

steve

[strupgolf]

[on-ramp]

trust me, fellas. i dont waste my time dreaming about Bush (the president)

on the topic of "Most memorable quotes" , however, then yes, several Bushisms first come to mind.. lol

[Cdnone1]

Yeah, and we all just happen to have anti-Bush quotes stored on our computers.
Seriously. Give it a rest. There are lots of threads on this board bashing the President. There is probably several just on his murdering of the english language.
Why do you have to try and turn ever thread into an anti-Bush thread?
Start your own threads
Steve

[Porsche-O-Phile]

NONE of those would be on my own version of the same "top 25" list, but I guess that sort of difference is what makes the world interesting.

Who comes up with this crap - honestly?

[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
NONE of those would be on my own version of the same "top 25" list, but I guess that sort of difference is what makes the world interesting.

Who comes up with this crap - honestly?

Jeff,

Anyone who writes for a newspaper like USA Today cannot be considered normal, so agree with you there!

They are trying to sell papers but some of the quotes (Lets Roll and some others) were good to see again.

[on-ramp]

ok, so assuming those are silly, what would be some of your 25 Most Memorable Quotes?

with all due respect to the President, I already posted a couple of mine that I thought were quite memorable.

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1. We start bombing in 5 minutes


2. If you have seen one Redwood Tree you have seen them all

3. Nobodys Perfect


4. You can never underestimate the predictibility of stupidity

5. If we see each other on the street, lets pretend we don't know each other

6. Welcome to the Jungle Baby

7. Rumble in the Jungle

8 I am not a crook

9. Just put your lips together and blow, you know how to do that don't you

10 A mans got to know his limitations

11 well do you feel lucky Punk, well do ya

12. Are we there yet

13 Im mad as he11 andf won't take it anymore

14 Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

15 Never tell a man to go to he11, unless you can put him there

16 What we have here is a failure to communicate

17. Who are those guys

18 When its time to talk..talk...when its time to shoot...shoot


19. Its I, Ensign Pulver and whats this crude about no movie tonight

20. Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore

21. I love the smell of napham in the mornining it smells like victory

22. Women find me attractive Mandrake, but I do deny them my essence

23. One small step for a man, one large step for mankind

24. Theres no devil just Gawd, when hes drunk

25 If you shuld meet me, please show me some courtesy and taste

[notfarnow]

So according to Time, nothing memorable was said before 1984?

How about:

"Houston, we have a problem"

[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by notfarnow
So according to Time, nothing memorable was said before 1984?

How about:

"Houston, we have a problem"

Not Time, this was done by USA Today (not a stellar organization BTW) on their 25th anniversary.

They missed a lot but that is what they felt was important.

[notfarnow]

One of my favorite quotes:

"I've had 18 straight whiskies. I think that's the record". Dylan Thoman, 1953. Legend has it those were his last words.

[gprsh924]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

[Lothar]

"A leopard can't change its stripes" Al Gore

[techweenie]

"Wherever you go, there you are."

-- Buckaroo Banzai

[69 TEEE]

"what the f--k was that."
The mayor of Heroshima