"I think it’s the height of arrogance for someone who has never pulled a lever in my community — never saw the narcotics sales on Roosevelt Avenue, never saw the lack of services that my community receives — to think that today they have more power than the constituent voters that sent me here to represent them."
— Hiram Monseratte doesn’t have a sense of irony.
I’d get the book, but what I really want is Jessie’s Girl. I wish that I had Jessie’s Girl.
"Also, Jesse Shiedlower, editor at large for the Oxford English Dictionary, wants us to stop calling Tiger’s women “mistresses” because mistress really connotes a serious, stable relationship. He thinks “hookup” would work."
— Why did someone ask the OED about Tiger Woods?
"what New York City needs more than anything is for Dangerfield to rise from the dead, get sworn in as Mayor, and yell, “Hey, everybody! We’re all gonna get laid!"
— Mr. Burns beat Rudy Giuliani in this year’s mayoral election
What I’ll be when I grow up.
