Some pictures and sayings

"I do not like this word "bomb." It is not a bomb. It is a device that is exploding." -Jacques le Blanc, French ambassador on nuclear weapons

"I have a God-given talent. I got it from my dad." -Julian Wakefield, Missouri basketball player

Out to lunch...if not back by five, out to dinner also

"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas." -Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery

"I don't diet. I just don't eat as much as I'd like to." -Linda Evangelista, Supermodel

"Pitching is 80% of the game. The other half is hitting and fielding." -Mickey Rivers, baseball player

"Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men." - Kin Hubbard

"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again." -Terry Venables

"He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is." -Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regime of heavyweight Andrew Golota

"Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite." -Dan Quayle

"My fellow Americans. I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." --President Reagan, before a scheduled radio broadcast, unaware that the microphone was already on

"We've been working on the basics because, basically, we've been having trouble with the basics." -Bob Ojeda, baseball pitcher

"Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win." - Doug Collins, basketball commentator

"The only reason we're 7-0 is because we've won all seven of our games." -David Garcia

"I think that the film Clueless was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness." -Alicia Silverstone

"How to store your baby walker: First, remove baby." -Anonymous Manufacturer

"This is no longer a slum neighborhood. I haven't heard of a Cubs fan being shot in a long time." -Anonymous Wrigley Field Neighbor, Chicago, IL

"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese." -Charles De Gaulle, former French President

"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer." -David Acfield

"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.

"Weather forecast: precipitation in the morning, rain in the afternoon." -Detroit Daily News

"Can you get a ticket for running a stop sign that is not there?" -Driver School Applicant

"Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something." -Dennis Rodman, NBA Basketball player, on Chicago Bull's team chemistry being overrated

"The world is more like it is now then it ever has before." -Dwight Eisenhower

"A billion here, a billion there, sooner or later it adds up to real money." -Everett Dirksen, Congressman

"Boxing’s all about getting the job done as quickly as possible, whether it takes 10 or 15 or 20 rounds." -Frank Bruno, Boxer

"The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe." -Frank Rizzo, ex-police chief and mayor of Philadelphia

"I have opinions of my own --strong opinions-- but I don't always agree with them." -George Bush, former US President

"It is white." -George W. Bush, when asked what the White house was like by a student in East London

"If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight." -George Gabel