Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo on making decisions:
“It’s better to think about our next generation rather than the next election.”
Larry Winget on whiners:
“Shut up, stop whining and get a life.”
James Carville on being a Democrat at a Republican convention:
“You know, I feel like a fire hydrant in a dog show.”
Stephen A. Wynn on Osama bin Laden:
“When you watch CNN and you see us during a presidential campaign, you get an idea of America that’s all wrong. We look superficial and vacuous from time to time. But we are not. When we are stretched, we are a whole different kind of society. And Osama bin Laden and his group don’t have a clear idea of reality. They may be cunning, but they are not smart.”
Gerald Ford on pardoning Richard Nixon:
“I had a full deskful of problems. I decided it was more important for me to spend 100 percent of my time on the problems of 260 million people and not 50 percent of my time on the problems of one man.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger on life in Bakersfield:
“What does Bakersfield really mean? I found out that it has an Indian origin and it means, ‘Nothing to do on Saturday.’ ”
John Glenn on being the oldest man in space:
“I was the first 77-year-old to ever leave Florida in something other than a Winnebago.”
Navy Lt. Shane Osborn on being invited to the business
conference:
“I immediately looked it up on the Internet. Why would a business conference want to talk to a Navy pilot? I didn’t know about it to be honest with you.”