> Intellect On Parade
>
> Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
> Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not
> live forever, because if we were supposed to
> live forever, then we would live forever, but
> we cannot live forever, which is why I would
> not live forever."
> *Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss Universe contest
>
> "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest
> crime rates in the country."
> *Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC
>
> "I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my
> body."
> *Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward
>
> "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all
> over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to
> be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death
> and stuff."
> *Mariah Carey Pop singer
>
> "I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our
> papers. We are the president."
> *Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed
> documents
>
> "The police are not here to create disorder. They're here
> to preserve disorder."
> *Former Chicago mayor Daley during the infamous 1968
> Democratic Party convention
>
> "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese."
> *Former French President Charles de Gaulle
>
> "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply
> with the law."
> *David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations
> that he failed to pay his taxes.
>
> "The Internet is a great way to get on the Net."
> *Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole
>
> "Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from
> overseas."
> *Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery
>
> "We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees."
> *Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks
>
> "Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some
> of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana... The
> researchers also discovered other similarities between the
> two, but can't remember what they are."
> *Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show, August 22
>
> "It's like an alcatraz around my
> neck."
> *Boston Mayor Menino on the shortage of city parking spaces
>
> "Half this game is ninety percent mental."
> *Philadelphia Phillies manager Danny Ozark
>
> "They're multipurpose. Not only do they put the clips on,
> but they take them off."
> *Pratt & Whitney spokesperson explaining why the company
> charged the Air Force nearly $1,000 for an ordinary pair
> of pliers
>
> "The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people
> who make them unsafe."
> *Frank Rizzo, ex-police chief and mayor of Philadelphia
>
> "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important
> part of your life."
> *Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson
> for a federal anti-smoking campaign
>
> "After finding no qualified candidates for the position of
> principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce
> the appointment of David Steele to the post."
> *Philip Streifer, Superintendent of Schools, Barrington,
> Rhode Island
>
> "That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a
> jackass, and I'm just the one to do it."
> *A congressional candidate in Texas