Great Thinkers of Our Time (????)
( wdell.com/humor/thinkers )

"I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law."
    ---David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes.

"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
    ---Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign.

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body."
    ---Winston Bennett, Univ. of KY basketball forward

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
    ---Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC

"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees."
    ---Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks

"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese."
    ---Former French President Charles De Gaulle

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
    ---Former U S. Vice-president Dan Quayle

And last but not least -- a parting word from Dan Quayle:

"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."

Makes you feel pretty smart doesn't it?