They Said It!
Editor's Note: I have no idea if these are true or not ... "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." Question: "If you could live forever, would you and why?" "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." "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life." "I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body." "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." "The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe." "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."
-- Mariah Carey
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
--Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show, August 22
-- David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes.
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign
-- Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward
-- Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC
-- Frank Rizzo, ex-police chief and mayor of Philidelphia
-- Philip Streifer, Superintendent of Schools, Barrington, Rhode Island
Originally published November 14, 2002.
