“He is a brave man trying under very difficult circumstances to hold that country together,

“He is a brave man trying under very difficult circumstances to hold that country together, and we have not given him the resources he needs.”

Hillary Rodham Clinton

On Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

“Some of these areas have not burned in over 40 years.”

Elisa Weaver

City of Sierra Madre spokeswoman, on a wildfire near Los Angeles.

“I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be ‘artistic’ and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed.”

Miley Cyrus

On an apparently racy photo spread appearing in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair.