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THE TOP 10 quotes of 2008, as compiled by the editor of the Yale Book of
Quotations:


1. "I can see Russia from my house!" — Comedian Tina Fey, while impersonating
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," broadcast Sept. 13

2. "All of them, any of them that have been in fr ont of me over all these
years." — Palin, responding to a request by CBS anchor Katie Couric to name the
newspapers or magazines she reads, broadcast Oct. 1

3. "We have sort of become a nation of whiners." — former Sen. Phil Gramm, an
economic adviser to Sen. John McCain, quoted in The Washington Times, July 10

4. "It's not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to choose a
really large number." — Treasury Department spokeswoman explaining how the $700
billion number was chosen for the initial bailout, quoted on Forbes .co m Sept.
23

5. "The fundamentals of America's economy are strong." — McCain, in an interview
with Bloomberg TV, April 17

6. "Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are
nonreviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any
court of law or any administrative agency." — The Treasury Department's proposed
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, September 2008

7. "Maybe 100." — McCain, discussing in a town-hall meeting in Derry, N.H., how
many years U.S. troops could remain in Iraq, Jan. 3

8. "I'll see you at the debates, b — ." — Paris Hilton in a video responding to
a McCain television ad, August 2008

9. "Barack, he's talking down to black people. ... I want to cut his ... off." —
the Rev. Jesse Jackson, overheard over a live microphone before a Fox News
interview, July 6

10. (tie) "Cash for trash." — Paul Krugman discussing the financial bailout, The
New York Times, Sept. 22

10. (tie) "There are no atheists in foxholes and there are no libertarians in
financial crises." — Krugman, in an interview with Bill Maher on HBO's "Real
Time," broadcast Sept. 19

10. (tie) "Anyone who says we're in a recession, or heading into one —
especially the worst one since the Great Depression — is making up his own
private definition of 'recession.' " — commentator Donald Luskin, the day before
Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, The Washington Post, Sept. 14

Source: The Associated Press



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