Yale Book of Quotations Top 10 Quotes [2008]

Historical Literary

* (1) ‘And, I can see Russia from my house!' Tina Fey parodying a foreign policy quote from Sarah Palin on SNL * (2) 'All of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years.' Palin after being asked to name what newspapers she reads * (3) 'We have sort of become a nation of whiners.' Former Sen. Phil Gramm * (4) 'It’s not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to choose a really large number.’ Treasury Department spokeswoman explaining how the $700 billion number was chosen for the initial government bailout * (5) ‘The fundamentals of America’s economy are strong.' John McCain * (6) 'Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable ... may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.' Treasury Department’s proposed Emergency Economic Stabilization Act * (7) 'Maybe 100.' John McCain, answering how many years U.S. troops could remain in Iraq * (8) 'I’ll see you at the debates, bitches.' Paris Hilton responding to a McCain television campaign ad * (9) 'Barack, he’s talking down to black people … I want to cut his nuts off.' Rev. Jesse Jackson in a hot mic moment speaking about Barack Obama * Tie: (10) ‘Cash for trash.’ Paul Krugman * (10) ‘There are no atheists in foxholes and there are no libertarians in financial crises.’ Krugman again * ‘Anyone who says we’re in a recession, or heading into one, especially the worst one since the Great Depression, is making up his own private definition of recession.’ (10) Donald Luskin the day before Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy * Missing: * U.S. Treasury Department (4) (6) * Donald Luskin (10)

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