2007: A Year of Quotes
Time magazine created a top ten list reviewing several significant quotes of 2007. Here are some interesting excerpts:
“I really am not the kind of guy that sits here and says, ‘Oh gosh, I’m worried about my legacy.’”
—President GEORGE W. BUSH, when asked about his falling approval numbers and mounting criticism of the Iraq War during an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes (January 14, 2007).
“This record is not tainted at all. At all. Period.”
—San Francisco Giants slugger BARRY BONDS, after breaking Hank Aaron’s Major League Baseball all-time home-run record with his 756th career homer amid rampant speculation that he has used steroids. Bonds has always denied that he ever “knowingly” used performance-enhancing substances, but he was indicted in November for allegedly lying to a federal grand jury about using them (August 7, 2007).
“This is it. This is where it all ends. End of the road. What a life it was. Some life.”
—Virginia Tech gunman CHO SEUNG-HUI, in a chilling video he made and sent to NBC News before killing 32 people and committing suicide in the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history (April 16, 2007).
“I don’t think they’re piling on because I’m a woman. I think they’re piling on because I’m winning.”
—HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, on intensifying criticism by rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination (November 2, 2007).
“The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton. We have to ask ourselves what is going on here?”
—AL GORE, in an interview with the British paper The Sun, before adding that he believes in 10 years it will be too late to save the planet (June 18, 2007).
“Hello, Condoleezza Rice? You have me to deal with now.”
—A MASKED HAMAS GUNMAN, joking into the telephone of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after taking control of his government compound (June 15, 2007).
“Why don’t you just shut up?”
—KING JUAN CARLOS, of Spain, to Hugo Chávez at a summit in Chile after the Venezuelan President called former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar a fascist (November 10, 2007).
