""Without us you're Chicago Hope, buddy.""
- Courteney Cox with Jennifer Aniston, giving E.R. lead-in Friends credit for George Clooney's rise to fame, at the AFI ceremony honoring him
Quotes
""You know, a lot of people were offended and angry I used an epithet to describe the president’s daughter and adviser last week. It is a word I have used on the show many times, hoping to reclaim it. This time I used it as an insult. I crossed the line, I regret it and I do apologize for that. The problem is, that many women have heard that word at the worst moments of thelr lives. A lot of them don’t want that word reclaimed. They want it gone. And, I don’t blame them. I don’t want to inflict more pain on them. I want this show to be challenging and I want it to be honest, but I never intended it to hurt anyone. Except Ted Cruz.""
- Samantha Bee
""It wasn't my finest hour.""
- Bill Clinton to Stephen Colbert, on his "tone-deaf" Today interview
""We don't believe there's anything wrong with digital advertising. It's a key part of people's business models, and we think it's perfectly fine. It's the crafting of a detailed profile and tracking you in places where you don't reasonably expect to be tracked, and companies gathering information well beyond what you would have voluntarily shared if you knew what they were doing — that's what we have a problem with.""
- Apple's Tim Cook, to NPR
""Why live outside the U.S.? Do you want health care or safe food products or democracy or something? They're all overrated. Stay for the excellent cable TV.""
- Ian McKellen
"“I end by offering everyone involved one more apology and prayers for healing of our divided nation. Tomorrow is Shabbat and I will continue to pray that everything for everyone goes forward & ends well for all. signing off twitter for a while. love u guys!”"
- A Thursday night tweet from Roseanne Barr
""I just knew that this would not end well.""
- Roseanne Barr's ex-husband, Tom Arnold
""I have only taken Ambien once ... but I don't remember one of the side-effects being racism.""
- CNN's John Berman, after Roseanne Barr blamed the racist tweet that got her show canceled on the sleep drug
"“There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing.”"
- Disney CEO Robert Iger, on canceling Roseanne
""Who knew you could waterboard a glass ceiling 'til it broke?""
- Michelle Wolf on new CIA director Gina Haspel
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