As the calendar marches on, the pressure is mounting on me to produce my annual list of the top 10 quotations of the year. In addition to politics, economics, and sports, I need to consider the outstanding (or, more accurately, the most famous or most revealing) quotations of 2010 uttered by celebrities.
These need not be eloquent or admirable; indeed, I am particularly interested in deplorable celebu-quotes that were widely disseminated or that capture the spirit of our times, such as it is. Since my annual quote roundups appear sometime in December, quotes from December 2009 may have been too late to make the last list and are therefore eligible in addition to the 2010 quotations.
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How about Christine O’Donnell’s “I am not a witch!”?
“This fall I am going to take my talents to South Beach.”
-Lebron James
“Tiger somehow managed a 69 out of all of this”
Jim Nantz on CBS, after Tiger’s 72nd hole in his comeback at the 2010 Masters
“If we don’t stand up for what we believe in, we don’t fight for our rights, pretty soon we’re gonna have as much rights as the meat on our bones.’”
- Lady Gaga, justifying her “meat dress” at the VMAs
BP’s Mr. Svanberg, confirmed to waiting reporters that the president seemed “frustrated because he cares about the small people.” But he added: “People say that large oil companies don’t care about the small people. But we care. We care about the small people.”
Another Christine O’Donnell winner: “Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?”
“Once again, why? You said it / the rent is too damn high.”
on a serious note, I think Mayor Bloomberg’s eloquent quote should make the list:
“This nation was founded on the principle that the government must never choose between religions or favor one over another. The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves and who we are as New Yorkers and Americans if we said no to a mosque in lower Manhattan.
“Let us not forget that Muslims were among those murdered on 9/11, and that our Muslim neighbors grieved with us as New Yorkers and as Americans. We would betray our values and play into our enemies’ hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else. In fact, to cave to popular sentiment would be to hand a victory to the terrorists, and we should not stand for that.”