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Famous People

Clint Eastwood: "Who in America gives these, uh, lawyers the... to be the self-appointed vigilantes to, uh, to enforce the law?"

(Testifying before Congress on May 18, 2000, about the many frivolous lawsuits he'd endured under the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding his Mission Ranch Hotel and restaurant in Carmel, California.)

Thomas Edison reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb, in one of the earliest audio recordings of all time.

Billy Graham: "And any nation that turns against the Jew in history has always made a tragic political error."

Paul Harvey: "Gonads are useful for their purpose, but they are no substitute for brains."

Stephen Hawking: "I think everyone wants to know where we came from and how the universe began. Cosmos can help us find answers to those questions. Hopefully, when we understand how the universe began, it will give us a clue as to why it began the way it did, or even why it began at all."

Stephen Hawking: "My illness has made very little difference to my scientific work. It was lucky to have chosen theoretical physics, that is mainly pure thought, for which my physical disability is no handicap. I may be mentally disabled as well, but if so, I'm too far gone to realize."

Harry Houdini's widow: "My last hope is gone. I do not believe that Houdini can come back to me or to anyone. The Houdini shrine has burned for 10 years. I now reverently turn out the light. Goodnight, Harry."

Kathy Ireland: "Ouch!"

Michael Jackson: "I am totally innocent of any wrongdoing, and I know these terrible allegations will all be proven false."

(December 22, 1993, speaking on network television during time he purchased to proclaim his innocence after being accused of sexually molesting a 13-year-old boy. The allegations were never proven false. On January 25, 1994, Jackson settled the civil lawsuit that the boy's family had filed by paying an undisclosed amount.)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I have a dream... that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character! I have a dream today!"

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Free at last, free at last... Thank God a'mighty, we're free at last!"

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I just want to do God's will. And he has allowed me to go up to the mountain, and I have looked over, and I have seen... the Promised Land."

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything, I'm not fearing any man! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!"

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time... the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression. I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree, and none shall be afraid."

(upon accepting the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I don't know about you. I ain't gonna study war... no more."

Timothy Leary: "Turn on, tune in, and drop out."

Jerry Lewis: "Why does the media attack an issue? To get prime-time ratings. And watch what happens in the sweeps. When it's sweeps week, they hope that a child is molested by a rabbi who has an affair with a cow!"

L.L. Cool J: "Ya know whad-uhm-sayin'?"

General Douglas MacArthur: "I said to the people of the Philippines, whence I came... 'I shall return.' "

Malcolm X: "We want one thing. We declare our right on this Earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being, in this society, on this Earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence, by any means necessary!"

Charles Manson: "Believe me... if I started murdering people, there'd be none of ya left."

Charles Manson: "I'm God to my friends, and a devil to my enemies."

Mother Teresa: "I do not want your money. I want you to give until it hurts, if you really love, for true love hurts."

(upon accepting the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize)

Leonard Nimoy: "Greetings. This is Science Officer Spock. And currently there are no life forms available to take your call. But at the pre-arranged audio signal, please feel free to leave any verbal communication you feel is necessary. Live long and prosper."

General George S. Patton: "Goddamn it, it's no fun to say to men that you love, 'Go out, go out and get killed.' And we've had to say it, and, by God, they have gone, and they have won. But I want you to remember that the sacrifice that these men have made must not be in vain."

(click here for sounds from the film Patton, starring George C. Scott)

Jimmy Swaggart: "I have sinned against you."

(February 21, 1988, making a public confession of sexual misconduct, while appearing on his television ministry broadcast)

Desmond Tutu: "Friends! Fellow South Africans! I ask you, welcome our brand new state president, out of the box(?), Nelson Mandela!" (1993)