2010 Quotes of the Year - Top Quotes of 2010

Quotes of the Week - March 16, 2010:
"Listen, he's a nice person, but he couldn't sell watermelons if you gave him the state troopers to flag down traffic." -- Former CBS newsd anchor Dan Rather on Barack Obama.

"A ban on eating would show China has reached a new level of civilization." --Chinese professor Chang Jiwen on China considering making the eating cats and dogs illegal.

"We used to hustle on over the border for health care...And I think, isn't that kind of ironic now." -- Sarah Palin, former governer of Alaska, admits her family used to go to Canada for medical treatment when she was a child. Canada has a single-payer system, which Palin opposes.

Quotes of the Week - March 9, 2010:
"Young players, young boys, rich boys - this is the problem." -- Fabio Capello the England soccer football manager, says money is spoiling the game.

"I want you to know, Mrs Obama, that I'm your husband's No 1 fan. And not just because he's a black man. He's mixed. And I wouldn't really know what that looks like anyway." --Stevie Wonder greets Michelle Obama, wife of US president.

"I've only been with two men my entire life. I've never even come close to having a one-night stand." -- Actress Megan Fox says she is no man-eater.

Quotes of the Week - March 2, 2010:
"It was like holding the Holy Grail." -- Vincent Zurzolo, Metropolis Collectives, which conducted $1m auction of Action Comics No. 1, featuring first appearance of Superman.

"I've seen bits of it since and I stare blankly at them. I don't remember any of it. At least that's my excuse for all the people who thought it was shite." --Actor Colin Farrell on Miami Vice, a film he made during his drink and drug days.

"I'm living proof that you can survive without sex for that long." -- Jim Gibbons, Nevada governor, saying in deposition in sexual-harassment lawsuit filed against him that he has not been intimate with any woman, including his wife, since 1995.

Quotes of the Week - Feb 23, 2010:
"I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems." -- British singer Elton John.

"I killed someone, once. He was a young chap. He had been my lover, and he got AIDS." --Ray Gosling, BBC presenter, in TV documentary on dying.

"If you look like me, you may be ejected from Southwest Air." -- Kevin Smith, on Twitter, after being kicked off flight for being too large.

"I have a lot of work to do and I intend to dedicate myself to doing it. Part of following this path for me is Buddism." -- Tiger Woods.

Quotes of the Week - Feb 16, 2010:
"I, like most of the American people, don't begrudge people success or wealth. That is part of the free-market system. There are some baseball players who are making more than that and don't get to the World Series either, so I am shocked by that as well." -- US President Obama on bankers' bonuses.

"To me he's just a fall guy." --Joe Jackson, father of singer Michael Jackson, on manslaughter charge brought against physician Conrad Murray, for his role in the entertainer's death. Jackson claims his son was victim of a wider conspiracy.

"This is a world of hypocrisy and false values, a world that needs love but does not know how to find it. The people who use the word love are all phonies, starting with that jerk, Bono." -- Words allegedly written by late J.D. Salinger in correspondence with Spectator columnist, Taki.

Quotes of the Week - Feb 9, 2010:
"We've already been to the moon." -- Buzz Aldrin, second man to walk on moon in 1969, supports US President Obama's plan to scrap US moon mission.

"This isn't about a lie, or a conspiracy, or a deceit, or a deception. It's a decision." --Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister, on his choice to go to war in Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein.

"Rich People spend a lot more money on their own problems, like baldness, than they do to fight malaria." -- Bill Gates criticizes Italy's low levels of foreign aid in 2009, blaming Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is rumored to have undergone hair transplants.

Quotes of the Week - Feb 2, 2010:
"If vibrators could light the barbie and kill spiders in the bathtub, would we need men at all." -- Kathy Lette, novelist, wonders whether marriage has had its day.

"There'll be a population of demented old people, like an invasion of terrible immigrants." -- Martin Amis, novelist, who called for euthanasia booths on street corners in Britain where elderly people could end their lives "with a Martini and a medal".

"I'd rather be a really good one-term President than a mediocre two-term President." -- US President Obama, vows to continue to press for health care reform.

Quotes of the Week - Jan 26, 2010:
"This Senate seat belongs to no one person, to no political party. This is the people's seat." -- Scott Brown, Republican US Senator-elect, after defeating Democratic candidate Martha Coakley in Massachusetts to win the seat long held by Ted Kennedy.

"My kids are sane." -- Michelle Obama, US first lady, on achievement she is most proud in her first year at White House.

"Control is very, very important because if I lost control of all these multi-millionaires in my dressing room, I'm dead. So, if anyone steps out of my control, they're dead." -- Alex Ferguson, Manchester United manager.

Quotes of the Week - Jan 19, 2010:
"We want our money back. My commitment is to recover every single dime the American people are owed. My determination to achieve this goal is only heightened when I see reports of massive profits and obscene bonuses at some of the very firms who owe their continued existence to the American people." -- US President Barack Obama to the big banks.

"I'm sure it's fun as a networking device for teenagers but there's something a bit undignified about adults using it, particularly celebrities who seem to be showing off buy talking to each other in public." -- Comedian Ricky Gervais on Twitter.

"It's time for me to talk about the past and to confirm what people have suspected." -- Mark McGwire, St. Louis Cardinals batting coach, admitting that he used steroids - including in 1998, the year he broke the single-season Major League Baseball home-run record.

Quotes of the Week - Jan 12, 2010:
"Ultimately, the buck stops with me. When the system fails, it is my responsibility." -- US President Barack Obama takes blame for security failures that allowed a would-be bomber get aboard US flight on Christmas Day.

"I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't write, I can't read, I can't talk to people. The worst thing is that I feel it will never end." -- Author Marian Keyes on her depression.

"Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model." -- Robert Hintze, founder of dating site BeautifulPeople.com, which dropped 5,000 members who appeared in photos to have gained weight over the holidays.

"I was the CEO. I was in charge. I'm really very sorry about the pain and suffering and loss that was caused. I take responsibility." -- Gerald Levin, former Tim Warner chairman, taking blame for 2000 merger with AOL - "the worst deal of the century, apparently" - which cost shareholders billions of dollars.

"Meryl Streep looks like an unmade bed." -- Actress Sharon Stone.

Quotes of the Week - Jan 5, 2010:
"Peace begins with a look of respect that recognizes in another man's face a person, regardless of the color of his skin, nationality, language or religion." -- Pope Benedict XVI calls for the respect of all people during the Mass marking the start of the new year.

"I'm not afraid to be one of the martyrs people have offered in the struggle for their just demands." -- Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iran's opposition leader said he was ready to sacrifice his life in defense of the people's right to hold peaceful protests against the government.

"This is by far the biggest study ever carried out and shows fairly conclusively that the idea of a G-spot is subjective." -- Tim Spector, of King's College London, after a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine found that the internal female erogenous zone may be a myth.

"We lead the world when it comes to helping stem the AIDS pandemic - yet we are one of only a dozen countries that still bar people with HIV from entering our own country." -- US President Obama, as U.S. lifts a 22-year immigration ban on people living with HIV/AIDS.

"Dolphins are 'nonhuman persons' who qualify for moral standing as individuals." -- Thomas White, professor of ethics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles; scientists believe that the second most intelligent animals are so bright that they should be treated as humans and not kept in pens or killed for food.

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