“Here we are in policy meetings discussing big issues like the fate of Social Security, and I think, `Good gosh, what am I doing here?'”
— Sarah Youssef, 25, who coordinates education policy for the Bush campaign, in and Washington Post article about the next generation of political insiders
“As his chauffered car drove away, I realized I had thrown all judgment to the wind. I was Sinatra’s slave. Co-opted by a couple of gin and tonics. I was his for the rest of my life.”
–gossip columnist Liz Smith on her meeting with Frank Sinatra, in her new book “Natural Blonde”
“I don’t know John McEnroe … therefore, [I] can’t form an opinion about him. And I don’t know how he can form one about me.”
–tennis champ Venus Williams to reporters, in response to McEnroe’s criticism that she lacks “respect and humility”
“You can’t even buy a used car for that.”
–Ellen Petho of Port Huron, Mich., on the $20,000 she had planned to spend on one of Princess Diana’s dresses, in The Washington Post
“I’m getting all these extraordinary letters, really weird ones from American sports stars–`I’ve always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you’re single I want to meet you for a drink.'”
–Elizabeth Hurley
“Accuracy would be nice.”
–Gloria Steinem, in response to being asked what she wants scholars to get specifically from her papers now that she’s donated them to Smith College
“Don’t ask me about that. I screwed up fashion for a couple of years. I have no reverence for it.”
–Cyndi Lauper, in Women’s Wear Daily, decrying fashion’s return to the ’80s
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