Some great words from our leaders and other
verbally challenged  personalities....
 
"SMOKING KILLS. AND IF YOU'RE KILLED, YOU'VE LOST A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR LIFE." - Brooke Shields
 
"THEY'RE MULTIPURPOSE. NOT ONLY DO THEY PUT THE CLIPS ON, BUT THEY TAKE  THEM OFF." - Pratt & Whitney spokesperson explaining why the company  charged the Air Force nearly $1,000 for an ordinary pair of pliers
 
"THE PRESIDENT HAS KEPT ALL OF THE PROMISES HE INTENDED TO KEEP."- Clinton  aide George Stephanopolous speaking on  "Larry King Live"
 
"THE POLICE ARE NOT HERE TO CREATE DISORDER. THEY'RE HERE TO
 PRESERVE DISORDER." - Former Chicago mayor Daley during the infamous 1968 convention
 
"IF YOU'VE SEEN ONE REDWOOD TREE, YOU'VE SEEN THEM ALL." -  Forestry expert Ronald Reagan
 
"TRADITIONALLY, MOST OF AUSTRALIA'S IMPORTS COME FROM OVERSEAS.- Former  Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery
 
"IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF CHICAGO." - Former U.S.  Vice-President Dan Quayle
 
"THE STREETS ARE SAFE IN PHILADELPHIA. IT'S ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THEM UNSAFE."- Former Philadelphia Mayor and Police Chief Frank Rizzo
 
"THE INTERNET IS A GREAT WAY TO GET ON THE NET." - Republican
  presidential candidate Bob Dole
 
"IT IS BAD LUCK TO BE SUPERSTITIOUS." - Andrew Mathis
 
"IT'S LIKE AN ALCATRAZ AROUND MY NECK." - Boston mayor Menino on the  shortage of city parking spaces
 
"I WAS RECENTLY ON A TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA, AND THE ONLY REGRET I HAVE  WAS  THAT I DIDN'T STUDY LATIN HARDER IN SCHOOL SO I COULD CONVERSE  WITH THOSE  PEOPLE." - Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle
 
 "WE'RE GOING TO TURN THIS TEAM AROUND 360 DEGREES."- Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks
 
"I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE SOME REPORTERS PAWING THROUGH OUR PAPERS.  WE ARE THE PRESIDENT." - Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of  subpoenaed documents
 
"WHEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE THROWN OUT OF WORK, UNEMPLOYMENT RESULTS."  -Former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge
 
"CHINA IS A BIG COUNTRY, INHABITED BY MANY CHINESE." - Former  French President Charles de Gaulle
 
"THAT LOWDOWN SCOUNDREL DESERVES TO BE KICKED TO DEATH BY A JACKASS, AND  I'M JUST THE ONE TO DO IT."- A congressional candidate in Texas
 
"THINGS ARE MORE LIKE THEY ARE NOW THAN THEY EVER WERE BEFORE."  - Former  U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
 
"A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE-SOONER OR LATER IT ADDS UP TO  REAL MONEY." - Everett Dirksen
 
"HALF THIS GAME IS NINETY PERCENT MENTAL." - Philadelphia  Phillies  manager Danny Ozark
 
 "IT ISN'T POLLUTION THAT'S HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S THE  IMPURITIES IN OUR AIR AND WATER THAT ARE DOING IT." - Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle
 
 "WITHOUT CENSORSHIP, THINGS CAN GET TERRIBLY CONFUSED IN THE PUBLIC MIND."- General William Westmoreland, during the war in Viet Nam
 
"IF YOU LET THAT SORT OF THING GO ON, YOUR BREAD AND BUTTER WILL BE CUT RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER YOUR FEET."- Former British foreign minister   Ernest Bevin
 
"I LOVE CALIFORNIA. I PRACTICALLY GREW UP IN PHOENIX." - Former U.S.  Vice-President Dan Quayle