"People continue to die of hunger and thirst, disease and poverty, in this age of plenty and unbridled consumerism."

"People continue to die of hunger and thirst, disease and poverty, in this age of plenty and unbridled consumerism."
Pope Benedict XVI
In his Christmas Day speech at the Vatican.
"What James Brown was to music in terms of soul and hip-hop, rap, all of that, is what Bach was to classical music."
The Rev. Al Sharpton
On Brown's death.
"We heard the sound of the jets and then they pounded."
Abdi Mudey
A soldier with Somalia's Council of Islamic Courts, after Ethiopian jets bombedSomalia's two main airports.