Famous Quotes and the Days They Were Said

The very commercial, Full Color Newspaper, USA Today, will celebrate its 25th Birthday on Sept. 15, 1997 and is getting an early start today by listing the most memorable quotes from the last 25 years. Here's the link to the article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/top25-quotes.htm.

I like the article because it gives the dates of the quotes, would make a good Mercury study someday or something. Every Monday USA Today will have a list like this. Here are the ones that list a particular date.

1. "Let's roll." Todd Beamer, Sept. 11, 2001, on United Flight 93 which crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.

2. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Ronald Reagan, June 12, 1987.

3. "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." Johnnie Cochran, Sept. 27, 1995, Los Angeles, CA.

4. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman..." Bill Clinton, Jan. 26, 1998, Washington, DC.

6. "Read my lips: no new taxes." George H.W. Bush, Aug. 18, 1988, New Orleans, LA.

7. "Obviously a major malfunction." Steve Nesbitt, Jan. 28, 1986, NASA public affairs officer after explosion of Challenger.

8. "How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?" Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Dec. 5, 1996.

10. "I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle, Oct. 5, 1988, Omaha, NE.

11. "Just say no." Nancy Reagan, anti-drug slogan, 1983.

14. "Keep hope alive." Jesse Jackson, July 19, 1988, Atlanta, GA. Democratic National Convention.

22. "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?" Rodney King, May 1, 1992, Los Angeles. After acquittal of police in his beating trial.

25. "Not that there's anything wrong with that." Jerry Seinfeld. Feb. 22, 1993. In episode of his show that discusses gay characters.