Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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Quotable quotes We scared the hell out of the hurricane and it went elsewhere. -- New York Mayor Edward Koch ' s reaction to Gloria. At last ... we can live again. - Marie-Helene de Rothschild, after viewing the latest Yves Saint Laurent couture collection. Yeah, I hit her, but I didn ' t hit her more than the average guy beats his wife. - singer Ike Turner, commenting on reports that he had mistreated ex-wife Tina Turner. If only I could sing properly and squeeze myself into denims, I might achieve much more. - Prince Charles, promoting his Prince ' s Trust, which gives grants to unemployed youth. I always wanted to be somebody. I see now that I should have been more specific. -- comic Lily Tomlin, in her Broadway show. I heard him do what he calls singing. It ' s some thing like the noise a dying buffalo makes. -- voice teacher Robert Lansing, on Bruce Springsteen. When others kid me about being bald, I simply tell them that the way I figure it, the good Lord only gave me so many hormones, and if others want to waste theirs on growing hair, that ' s up to them. - Senator John Glenn (D-Ohio) Any man who watches more than three consecu- tive (football) games on TV in one day can be de- clared legally dead. -- psychologist Dr. Joyce Broth- ers. My problem for the first few years was that they kept dying on me. -- Ronald Reagan, on why it had taken so long to arrange a meeting with a Soviet counter- part. I ' m old-fashioned, but I just think a spy ought to be shot. - Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), introducing a bill to allow capital punishment for conviction of peace- time espionage. excerpted from Life January 1986. 14