●Next thing you know, chiropractors will be doing liposuction. And psychiatrists will be head surgeons, giving you Restylane with your Prozac.
(下回,指壓按摩師可能也會進行抽脂術;精神病學家則搖身一變成為首席外科醫師,除了給你百憂解,還幫你施打玻尿酸針劑Restylane。)──美國俄勒岡州整形醫師朱爾(Mark L. Jewell)抱怨,愈來愈多其他科別的醫師跨足整形美容,可能使消費者無所適從
●Japan is capable of producing nuclear weapons. But we are not saying we have plans to possess nuclear weapons.
(日本有能力製造核子武器,但我們並沒有說,我們計畫擁有核武。)──在北韓進行核子試爆數周後,日本外相麻生太郎(Taro Aso)呼籲檢討日本的非核政策和非戰憲法
●The poodle factor did not begin with Tony Blair, it began, yes, with Winston Churchill....Blair's bridge between Europe and the US In that sense, London's bridge is falling down.
(這種哈巴狗因素並非始於布萊爾,沒錯,早在邱吉爾就開始了,…布萊爾是歐美橋梁?就這點而言,倫敦橋早就倒了。)──美國國務院情報研究局研究員邁爾斯(Kendall Myers)分析,伊拉克戰爭深陷泥淖,英國早已無法再扮演美國和歐洲之間的橋梁