A center-cut, no-fat review of what was said this past week by folks the world over and right at home
By Quotations captured and compiled with care by CYNTHIA VAZQUEZ.
“Hey, Mikey” — SOON IT WILL BE FEATURING A CHALLENGING MIX OF LOW- RISE MEN’S JEANS AND FLAMESTITCH COWL SWEATERS.” — Santa Monica Daily Press editor, Michael Tittinger, lamenting the fate of the 1931 NuWilshire Theatre, which is set to be replaced by retail stores, in his column
“After nearly 15 minutes of soul-searching, I have heard the call.” — Stephen Colbert, star of the Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report,” announcing his candidacy for president “Losing does build character. I think we’ve built plenty so far. We probably need to win.” — Coach Sean Ritter, of St. Monica High School, on his football team’s 20-game losing streak “I’ve got my pride.” — A homeless man at the Santa Monica Recycling Center, on raising money for food by recycling, instead of panhandling “I can do this in the name of Allah, and I will not fail. I could slaughter him in the name of Allah. If I get the opportunity.” —A woman who identified herself as Amatullah, speaking of assassinating Swedish artist Lars Vilks because he drew the Prophet Mohammed as a dog in a Swedish newspaper “The use of predominantly pastel centerpieces had a significant impact on the look of the room and was entirely inconsistent with the vision the plaintiffs had bargained for.” — Excerpted from a lawsuit filed by Elana Glatt, a lawyer, against the flower shop that provided her wedding flowers and, according to Glatt, did not provide the correct color “F--k that. That will take us an hour to drive there. Can’t we have the dog messengered over?” — Britney Spears, asking her assistant for her dog while shopping at a Neiman Marcus store 27 miles away from her home “After the disastrous Pico Streetscape, stupefying ‘transit mall’ or the appalling ‘Civic Center Master Plan,’ no wonder the Second and Fourth streets redo is now a rallying cry for ‘enough, already.’” — Excerpted from Bill Bauer’s Santa Monica Daily Press column, “My Write”
“That was another Jessica moment. People just love it when I make an ass of myself.” —Responding to comedienne Cheri Oteri, who asked if it was true that when singer Jessica Simpson visited the White House, she told the secretary of the interior, “I love what you’ve done with the place.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 20, 2007. Read the original PDF.