"This hurricane will not be remembered for how strong it is. It will be remembered for how large it

"This hurricane will not be remembered for how strong it is. It will be remembered for how large it is."
MHurricane Center Director Max Mayfield
Commenting on Hurricane Isabel.
"For 10 years this man has toyed with us and always gives, at the time he thinks is right, some empty peace gesture."
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom
On Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
"We used to worry about politics and entertainment merging. Now it looks like entertainment is swallowing politics."
Robert Lichter
President of the Center for Media and Public Affairs in Washington, on a trend for candidates to appear on entertainment shows.