Quotes of the week

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2000
Quotes of the week

SYDNEY, Dec 1 AAP - Quotes of the week:



"How can you keep the so-and-sos honest when you are taking their money?" - Employment
Services Minister Tony Abbott to Labor frontbencher Cheryl Kernot - a remark which prompted
a furious row in parliament.



"'I see no evil, I hear no evil, so I can speak no evil' is not an acceptable position
for the Speaker." - Labor MP Bob McMullan on Speaker of the House Neil Andrews' refusal
to order Mr Abbott to withdraw his comment.



"I need a strong son of a bitch who will stand by me to protect my back from the scum
who are going to be squashed." - Queensland Premier Peter Beattie on his new deputy, Terry
Mackenroth.



"I opened the envelope to have a look in out of curiosity and there was a number of
$50 notes, which I counted, and I think it was roughly $1400." - Former union organiser
Lee Bermingham on an envelope he claims he was asked to deliver to the Democrats by Labor
frontbencher Wayne Swan.



"She said: 'All these things you've heard are completely wrong, I'm a great supporter
of the program, and by the way you're sacked,'" - How Media Watch host Paul Barry, describing
his axing by ABC TV head Gail Jarvis.



"The Blue Mountains are not just for us any more - they're an asset for the world."

- Alex Colley, successful campaigner for the Blue Mountains to be added to the World Heritage
List.



"Tonight, after a count, a recount, and yet another manual recount, Secretary Cheney
and I are honoured and humbled to have won the state of Florida." - George W Bush, claiming
to have won the state that will hand him the US presidency.



"The only test they did was to make me do half a dozen sit-ups and take my blood pressure."

- Able-bodied journalist Carlos Ribagorda, who became a member of Spain's gold medal-winning
Paralympic basketball.



"When it goes in the papers back home, everyone is going to think he forfeited or something."

- Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt, joking about his win over champion Pete Sampras.



"There were people out there doubting but I came back here trusting my own ability."

- 19-year-old golfer Aaron Baddeley, on winning the Australian Open for the second time.



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