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"I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people."
KIM HONG GUL,
son of Korean leader Kim Dae Jung, admitting he took bribes and evaded taxes

"How can my children be hunted like this? They're good people."
TARIYEM,
mother of chief Bali bombing suspect Amrozi, on the widening investigation surrounding her family

"Now is the time to become equals. Just like you kill us, we will kill you."
OSAMA BIN LADEN,
al-Qaeda leader, in a taped message released on al-Jazeera

"We'll chase these people down one at a time. It doesn't matter how long it takes, we'll find them and bring them to justice."
GEORGE W. BUSH,
U.S. President, responding to a message apparently recorded by Osama bin Laden

"People may think terrorists wear turbans, but they don't."
HARPEET,
British Sikh Indian, complaining about a video game where players enter and destroy a digital Sikh temple's "terrorist" inhabitants

"I did smoke a joint and I did inhale."
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER,
former bodybuilder and possible future political aspirant