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I Was Unprepared

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I think I was unprepared for war.

— George W Bush

lamenting the faulty intelligence used to build support for invading Iraq

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I Don't

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I don't really feel like I need to respond to people that view it that way.

— Laura Bush

On critics who say that her husband's presidency was a failure

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Wagging the Dog

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They needed a small, victorious war.

— Vladimir Putin

Russian Prime Minister, claiming the U.S. engineered the Georgia conflict to boost support for the Republican party

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Party Like It's 1999

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I thought I'd host an end of the world party, but the media might take it seriously.

— Stephen Hawking

On the activation of the Large Hadron Collider, which some scientists speculated could inadvertently destroy the planet

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Tell Us What You Really Think

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So?

— Dick Cheney

When told that two-thirds of Americans did not support the war in Iraq, arguing that polling should not dictate the war's conduct

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Divine Dictator?

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Only God who appointed me will remove me.

— Robert Mugabe

President of Zimbabwe, refusing to cede power to opponent Morgan Tsvangirai regardless of the election results

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If I Had Perfect Foresight

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If I had perfect foresight, I would never have taken this job in the first place.

— Richard F Syron

Freddie Mac's chief executive, dismissing claims that he ignored internal warnings that could have prevented the mortgage company's fiscal crisis

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So You'll

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So you'll walk me down the aisle?

— Ellen DeGeneres

to Republican presidential candidate John McCain, after he told her that while he opposes gay marriage, he wishes her every happiness.

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Change Has Come

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It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

— Barack Obama

During his victory speech in Chicago's Grant Park after winning the 2008 Presidential election

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All For A Paycheck

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There are a lot of people who swallowed their pride and decided they need a paycheck.

— Arnold Jackson

Associate director for the decennial Census Bureau on its being flooded with applicants for the 3.8 million jobs available to help conduct the 2012 population survey

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