Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever.
— Miss Alabama (1994 Miss Universe pageant)
Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana…The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can’t remember what they are.
— Matt Lauer on NBC’s Today show, August 22
Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.
— Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign
“I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body. ”
–Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward
“The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing. ”
— Dizzy Dean explaining how he felt after being hit on the head by a ball in the 1934 World Series
“If you have intercourse you run the risk of dying and the ramifications of death are final.”–Cyndi Lauper
“I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our 52 states.”–Raquel Welch
“I get to go to a lot of overseas places, like Canada.”–Britney Spears, when asked about the perks of being famous
“I’ve been up and down so many times that I feel as if I’m in a revolving door.”–Cher
“We CAN fly, you know. We just don’t know how to think the right thoughts and levitate ourselves off the ground.”–Michael Jackson