"This is a nation that loves our freedom, loves our country."
George W Bush
US President
“Awami
league is Jatya Beyman (national traitor). No-one should
trust them.”
Khaleda Zia
prime minister, urging the people to reject the opposition's
call of a countrywide strike.
“Even
the university teachers do not read books.”
Humayun Azad
poet, author and critic, at a meeting.
“From
a marketing point of view you cannot introduce new products
in August.”
Codoleezza Rice
US National-security adviser, explaining why the Bush Administration
waited until September to push for war with Iraq.
“How
many Palestinians were on those planes on September 9? None.”
Whitney Houston
pop singer.
“Lucky
duckies.”
Wall Street Journal editorial
referring to people who have so little money that they pay no
income tax.
“Humayun
Azad's novels are of RMG standards.”
A reader at Bangla Academy's Annual Book Fair. RMG stands for
Roshomoey Gupta, a popular Bangla pornography writer.
“Crap,
crap, crap. I apologise to anybody who bought them and wasted
their money.”
Mandy Moore
pop singer and actress, on her first two albums.
How did former Canadian prime minister Jean
Chrétien respond when his spokeswoman called George W
Bush a "moron"?
A) He pulled out a photograph of Bush reading
an upside-down book and said, "She may have a point."
B) He said, "She calls me Chrétien. Do you see me
getting upset?"
C) He accepted her resignation and said that Bush is "not
a moron at all."
D) He held up a photograph of Bush looking through binoculars
with the lens caps still on and said, "You tell me, does
he look like a moron?”
QUOTATIONS
ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS.
Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN. Quotes can be
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