The Best of Notable Quotables; December 23, 1991
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 23, 1991
- Gomer Pyle Award
- Peter Arnett Award
- Iron Curtain Award
- Gulf War
- Media Hero Award
- Willie Horton Award
- Damn Conservatives
- Armand Hammer Award
- Real Reagan Legacy
- Long Dong Silver Award
- Thurgood Marshall Award
- Borking Award
- Wilson-Weicker Award
- Which Way Is It?
- Silliest Analysis
- Quote of the Year
- 1991 Award Judges
Media Hero Award
“And then there was Anita Hill,
the poised daughter of so many generations of black women who have been
burned carrying torches into the battle for principle. The cause of
civil rights and social justice has so often fallen to them to defend.
Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom
fighters by temperament. Rosa Parks was a tired seamstress who shoved
history forward by refusing to give up her seat on the bus....The latest
to claim her place in line is Anita Hill, a private, professional woman
unwilling to relinquish her dignity without a fight.”
– Time Associate Editor Nancy Gibbs, October 21 issue.
Runners-up:
“Once, long
ago, he was the Prince Hal of American politics: high-spirited,
youthful, heedless. He never evolved, like Prince Hal, into the ideal
king. Instead he did something that was in its way just as impressive.
He became one of the great lawmakers of the century, a Senate leader
whose liberal mark upon American government has been prominent and
permanent. The tabloid version does not do him justice. The public that
knows Kennedy by his misadventures alone may vastly underrate him.”
–
Time's Lance Morrow, Apr. 29.
“And finally President Carter, you
are now considered one of the world’s foremost statesmen. You’ve been
called the best ex-President this country has ever had. Your reputation
has been bolstered tremendously since you left office. How does that
make you feel?”
– Today co-host Katie Couric to Carter, Nov.13.
“Elizabeth,
his wife of 56 years, applauds him as a good family man. Indeed, how
can anyone think ill of Hall when he beams so about cooking pancakes for
his grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, or shares his secret for
making tasty beef stew. (It’s the apples.)”
– Time reporter Michael
Riley in September 9 profile of Communist Party USA leader Gus Hall.
