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"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." � George W. Bush

"Get yourself a brand-new shower curtain, throw it on the bed, squeeze some baby oil all over that joint and do a little slip and slide. I have done that many times." -- LL Cool J, on how to liven up your sex life

"If you don't know what you're talking about, there's no shame in not voting." -- South Park co-creator Matt Stone in response to P. Diddy's Vote or Die campaign

"Milk shake is just that thing that makes a woman stand out from everyone else. It's a thing that makes you sensual and warm and maternal. It could be about breasts, but I don't have huge tits, so you gotta work with what you got."
-- Kelis, on her hit song "Milkshake"

"You've done a nice job decorating the White House."
-- Jessica Simpson, when introduced to Gale Norton, the Interior Secretary of the United States

"The city of Miami wants people to come there as a vacation spot, but when you get there, it turns out to be an outside jail for the young people."
-- Bronx rapper Cuban Link, on the Miami Police Department's alleged practice of rapper profiling

"That's bullshit. If I want to cross the fucking street, I should be able to."
-- Mike Prece, 21, of Palm Beach Gardens, on the jaywalking tickets being issued on Clematis Street in West Palm Beach

"I had quite frankly planned on voting for Bush but like [Kerry] more now. He just seemed more real than he has in the commercials."
-- Betty Cole of Jupiter, after seeing Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry at Sloan's ice cream parlor in West Palm Beach, where he drank a coffee milk shake and bought red candy lips for his entourage

"I like the female volleyball tournament. I just like to see the women bouncing around, playing with the ball."
-- Lil Jon, on his favorite Olympic sport

"He never talks about the money. He just really wants to be mayor."
-- Lisa Joyce, mother of Anthony Joyce, an 18-year-old who ran for mayor of Pembroke Pines

"I've never been politically active before. I've never opened my mouth. We need to come together and open our mouths."
-- Katie Call, 25, of West Palm Beach, after seeing Fahrenheit 9/11

"The fact that a 51-year-old man can't answer a question is really not relevant. You're still going to have to take the FCAT, and you're still going to have to pass it in order to get a high-school degree."
-- Gov. Jeb Bush, after a teenager stumped him with a question from the FCAT

"Various different sources."
-- reply of a telephone salesperson at Fort Lauderdale-based Tickets in a Flash when asked where the company got tickets, ranging in price from $820 to $5,845, for the MTV Video Music Awards at the American Airlines Arena in Miami

"If an artist sold 50 million records, probably 25 million of those fans will buy their shoes."
-- Matthew Knowles, president of Music World/Sanctuary Urban Group and manager of Destiny's Child, on the branding of music, as in G Unit, the store, and G Unit, the group that includes 50 Cent

"Being from Florida, we never really learned anything about surfing. Smoking pot is more of a sport in Florida than surfing."
-- New Found Glory's Ian Grushka, while hanging at a California surf shop for a story in Blender magazine

"No matter how staged they are, I think they're a little more important than people eating bugs."
-- Bruce Springsteen, comparing TV coverage of the political conventions to reality shows like Fear Factor

"Voting is just as essential as getting up in the morning and washing yo' ass. If you're saying somethin' stinks, raise your arms and try to do somethin' about it."
-- Public Enemy frontman Chuck D

"I would like to fight a Bush supporter. � If you are [one] and have a fiery streak, please contact me so we can meet and physically fight. I would like to beat the shit out of you."
-- a post-election posting on www.craigslist.com

"I would like all people to know that I do believe that this is the Virgin Mary Mother of God."
-- Diana Duyser of Hollywood, who sold a 10-year-old grilled cheese that allegedly bears the image of the Virgin Mary for $28,000 on eBay