1. "I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the
Miami Heat." -- NBA star LeBron James, who departed the Cleveland
Cavaliers as a free agent.
2. "Now, I'm not recommending for every future president that
they take a shellacking like I did last night. I'm sure there are
easier ways to learn these lessons. But I do think that, you know,
this is a growth process. And an evolution." -- President Obama,
commenting on Election Day results in which the Republican Party
took over the U.S. House of Representatives and made gains in the
U.S. Senate.
3. "This is done." -- President Obama, after signing legislation
that repealed the U.S. military's "Dont Ask, Don't Tell" policy
toward gays and lesbians.
4. "I'm a fairy? How (expletive deleted) lame!" -- Sookie
Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) on "True Blood" Season 3, Episode 10.
5. "I'm not a witch...I'm you!" -- Delaware Republican
senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell in a television campaign
ad.
6. "Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the
heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims,
pls refudiate." -- Sarah Palin, via her Twitter account, apparently
unware that "refudiate" is not a word.
7. "You should hear what we say about you." -- An unidentified
foreign diplomat to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after
she apologized for embarrassing cable remarks revealed by the
website WikiLeaks.
8. "Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down?" --
Actress Sandra Bullock at the Academy Awards on March 7, 2010,
moments after she was named Best Actress of 2009 for her
performance in "The Blind Side." It was her first Oscar nomination
and win after more than two decades as an actress.
9. "Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't
love something anymore, I stop doing it. I don't love acting
anymore, so I've stopped doing it." -- Actress Amanda Bynes
announcing her retirement on Twitter in June. She unretired a month
later.
10. "It was the biggest call of my career, and I kicked the
(stuff) out of it. I just cost that kid a perfect game." -- Veteran
Major League Baseball umpire Jim Joyce, who ended Detroit Tigers
pitcher Armando Galarraga's bid for a perfect game. With two outs
in the ninth inning, Joyce called a Cleveland Indians batter safe
at first base. Replays indicated that the runner was out and that
Galarraga was robbed of baseball immortality.
