Frances Townsend, Homeland Security adviser, on a new video message from Osama bin Laden, marking the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
“The most likely scenario, by far, is that by October there will be a new senator from Idaho.”
Dan Whiting, Sen. Larry Craig’s chief spokesman, on whether the disgraced politician will return to his post. Craig has reneged on his initial guilty plea for disorderly conduct, made soon after his embarrassing Minneapolis airport bathroom arrest.
“I will follow other elected officials and donate the money he contributed to me to charity.”
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, on questionable donations from political fund-raiser Norman Hsu. After a warrant was issued, Hsu became a fugitive and was finally arrested in Colorado.
“They are suggesting that Kate has in some way accidentally killed Madeleine, then kept her body, then got rid of it.”
Philomena McCann, the aunt of missing Madeleine McCann, a 4-year-old whose disappearance prompted a global search. Kate, her mother, is now listed as a suspect by police in Portugal.
“They really just want me to give up so they can get what they want, and you know what? I’m not giving up.”
California GOP Congressman John Doolittle, on Republicans who have criticized him during the recent investigation into his alleged ties to jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff
“Everyone who knows me understands that I hold no prejudices in this regard. In the family atmosphere of the telethon, I forget that not everyone knows me that well.”
Jerry Lewis, who used an anti-gay slur during his Muscular Dystrophy telethon
“He’s too perfect for my style. Plus, I don’t have a long hair … I hope he doesn’t hear this.”
Newcomer tennis sensation Novak Djokovic, on his inability to imitate rival Roger Federer. The crowd howled after he impersonated Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal for TV cameras.
“I’ve waited a long time for this moment in life. Now the next seven months will be the longest of my life!”
Actress Halle Berry, 41, in an e-mail announcing her first pregnancy
“I’m excited. Terrified. But excited.”
Daniel Radcliffe, star of “Harry Potter,” on bringinghis nude role in “Equus” to Broadway next year
Mike Larkin of Denver submitted this quote:
“I wish they hadn’t eaten my horse. But that’s a part of living up here.”
Otsie Stowell, whose miniature horse was eaten by a mountain lion in Nederland, Colo. The horse, named Bodacious, had been a family pet for 15 years. It was always invited to children’s birthday parties and was a popular fixture in the neighborhood.
Quotation sources from top to bottom, left to right: AFP, AP, San Francisco Chronicle, AP (3), New York Times, AP, MTV, FOX
