●I might be the first nerd in space.
(我可能是第一位太空笨蛋。)──微軟公司Word和Excel之父西蒙尼(Charles Simonyi)對即將成為第五位太空遊客充滿期待,但他也坦承,除了電腦,其他一竅不通
●My high school picture was cute.
(我高中拍的照片很可愛。)──紐約州民主黨參議員希拉蕊.柯林頓(Hillary Clinton)被共和黨對手史本賽抹黑說,他不知道柯林頓為什麼娶她,還說她砸下數百萬美元整容,希拉蕊嚴正反駁
●If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street or in the garden or in the park or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it, whose fault is it--the cat's or the uncovered meat?
(如果你拿出一塊未加蓋的肉,把它放在外面街上或在花園裡或公園裡或在後院,但沒有加蓋,貓跑來吃了它,那是誰的錯?貓還是沒加蓋的肉?)──澳洲穆斯林教士希拉里(Sheik Taj Al-din Al-Hilali)在一次佈道時,以貓和肉來影射伊斯蘭教婦女不蒙面紗,如果遭到性侵,只能怪自己,希拉里後來為此言論道歉
●I kind of like to look at the ranch on Google--reminds me of where I want to be sometimes.
(我還蠻喜歡看谷歌上的牧場,讓我想起有時候很想去那裡。)──美國總統布希(George W. Bush)上電視接受訪問時表示,當他想起德州的牧場時,就會忍不住用網路地圖服務Google Earth
●She wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth; she was born with a microphone in her hand. To snatch that away is to deprive her of something that, rightly or wrongly, gives her sustenance.
(她並不是嘴裡銜著銀湯匙出生,而是手裡拿著麥克風出生。硬生生把它拿走,不管對錯,將剝奪她的生計。)──鱷魚先生的女兒賓蒂出面主持Discovery兒童頻道,被衛道人士指責剝奪她的童年,但在澳洲陽光海岸大學主持文化研究的凱倫.布魯克斯(Karen Brooks)出面為她說話