Famous Quotes

Seen on ESPN: "I might flip, but I won't flop."

ptemples: Seen on ESPN: "I might flip, but I won't flop."

See original: Twitter Seen on ESPN: "I might flip, but I won't flop."

Fake Oil Company

'BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake BP account that is mocking the oil company. In response, Twitter wants BP to shut down the oil leak that's ruining the ocean."

--Jimmy Fallon, from The Boston Globe, May 29, 2010

Child Abuse Accusations--Equated To Violence Against Jews

'They're sitting in the papal palace, they're experiencing a little discomfort, and they're going to compare themselves to being rounded up or lined up and sent in cattle cars to Auschwitz? You cannot be serious."

--Peter Isely, spokesman for the US victim support group Snap, reacting to comments made by The Reverend Raniero Cantalamessa, Pope Benedict's personal preacher who has compared criticism of the pontiff and Church over child abuse to "collective violence" suffered by the Jews. --BBC

"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." -Winston Churchill

ptemples: "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." -Winston Churchill

See original: Twitter "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." -Winston Churchill

"Our Neighboring Country"

Sarah Palin'They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan." --Sarah Palin, speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Oct. 5, 2008, from About.com.

Madoff:"If SEC lawyers had done some basic investigative work, it would've been easy for them to see I was a crook." via Reuters

ptemples: Madoff: "If SEC lawyers had done some basic investigative work, it would've been easy for them to see I was a crook." via Reuters

See original: Twitter Madoff:"If SEC lawyers had done some basic investigative work, it would've been easy for them to see I was a crook." via Reuters

"There's an old saying ... that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."—George ...

ptemples: "There's an old saying ... that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."—George Dubya Bush

See original: Twitter "There's an old saying ... that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."—George ...

“If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost the country.” --President Johnson, in response to Walter Cronkite's Feb., 1968 broadcast on...

ptemples: “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost the country.” --President Johnson, in response to Walter Cronkite's Feb., 1968 broadcast on Vietnam

See original: Twitter “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost the country.” --President Johnson, in response to Walter Cronkite's Feb., 1968 broadcast on...

“We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.” -Oscar Wilde #quote

ptemples: “We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.” -Oscar Wilde #quote

See original: Twitter “We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.” -Oscar Wilde #quote

"Do you ever think when you see squirrels lying in the middle of the road that instead of being dead maybe they're just ..."

ptemples: "Do you ever think when you see squirrels lying in the middle of the road that instead of being dead maybe they're just sleeping?" -unknown

See original: Twitter "Do you ever think when you see squirrels lying in the middle of the road that instead of being dead maybe they're just ..."

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