The Best of Notable Quotables; December 21, 1992
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 21, 1992
- Rodney King Award
- Damn Conservatives
- Festival of Hate
- Clinton Camelot
- I am Woman
- Henry Luce Award
- Willie Horton Award
- Silliest Analysis
- Ross Perot Award
- Real Reagan Legacy
- James Carville Award
- Iron Curtain Award
- Happy Talk Award
- Media Hero Award
- Which Way Is It?
- Quote of the Year
- 1992 Award Judges
Media Hero Award
“I’m
nominating you for President of the United States and I’m going to quit
my job and go to work for you.”
– Sam Donaldson to Mario Cuomo on the floor of the Democratic convention, quoted by the New York Daily News, July 13.
Runners-up:
“By American presidential standards,
Mikhail Gorbachev accomplished enough in his seven-year term to qualify
for a bust on Mount Rushmore.”
– NBC reporter Jim Maceda, December 25,
1991 Nightly News.
“When Steinem, now 57, pours a second cup of
coffee and writes like she talks, there is no one more fascinating. The
only comparable figure is Ralph Nader.”
– Time Deputy Washington Bureau
Chief Margaret Carlson on Gloria Steinem’s new book, Revolution from
Within, January 20.
“It’s worth dying prematurely so you can hear
somebody else do your eulogy if that somebody is Mario Cuomo.”
– Bill
Moyers during CNN Democratic convention coverage, July 14.
Michael
Kramer, Time: “He’s [Cuomo] incredibly smart. He’s the most interesting
person to talk to that I’ve ever met in politics.”
Gail Collins, Newsday: “He is such a fascinating guy. He is everything, the most fascinating politician I’ve ever met.”
Joe
Klein, New York magazine: “He’s one of the most fascinating people I’ve
met, period. I mean, in life, period. He’s more fun to talk to than
almost anybody.”
– Reporters on Mario Cuomo, January 9.