Another Top 10 Quotes List of 2008

The top 10 quotes of 2008 from the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations.

3. "We have sort of become a nation of whiners." - former Sen. Phil Gramm

4. "It's not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to choose a really large number." - A Treasury Department spokeswoman explaining how the $700 billion number was chosen for the initial bailout.

5. "The fundamentals of America's economy are strong." - John McCain.

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Nominee: Idiot Statment of 2008

I don't even believe in conflict diamonds. That's just a movie. Think about it. Ain't nobody thought about nothing about no conflict diamonds until the movie came out. Where was all that shit before the movie? That's the problem with people - they believe everything they read or see on TV. It's no different from The Blair Witch Project. - Akon

[Via - Poplicks' Best Quotes of 2008]