The Best of Notable Quotables; December 20, 1993
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 20, 1993
- I am Woman
- Courage to Change
- Greed is GoodAward
- Damn Conservatives
- Good Morning Morons
- I Still Hate Reagan
- What's the Frequency Award
- White Men Can Go Jump
- Henry Luce Would Roll Over
- Media Hero
- Enhanced Contribution and Investment
- Bernie Sanders Socialist
- Silliest Analysis Award
- Dr. Kevorkian Award
- Which Way is It?
- Dumbest Quote of the Year
- 1993 Award Judges
The White Men Can Go Jump Award (for Victimology)
“If
I’m a young black man in South Central L.A., where poverty is rampant
and unemployment is skyrocketing, I see that Washington’s promises of a
year ago have gone unfulfilled, I see that perhaps for a second time,
the court’s inability to mete out justice in a blind fashion, why
shouldn’t I vent my anger?”
– Bryant Gumbel to Rep. Maxine Waters, April 15 Today.
Runners-up:
“One of the fires was started by a
homeless man trying to keep warm. It represents the strains in our
society, from neglect to the nihilism, the ‘burn, baby’ nihilism of
people who actually go and start fires like this.”
– Newsweek reporter
Eleanor Clift on who started the California fires, October 30 McLaughlin
Group.
“Like the country club that bars women from the golf
course, where many deals are made, the game of softball can act as
another barrier, another means of excluding women from the corporate
inner circle.”
– USA Today reporter Julia Lawlor, June 1 “Life” section
story.
“When rioting, looting, and arson erupted last spring, it
wasn’t just anger over the Rodney King verdict, it was an explosion of
rage over years of social and economic neglect, poor schools, violent
streets, joblessness, poverty, and no hope. Has anything changed? Quite
honestly, very little has.”
– CNN reporter Greg Lamotte, March 22
World News news story.
