“A tip of the hat to a class act.”

“A tip of the hat to a class act.”

Actor George Clooney

Speaking about Sydney Pollack, the Academy Award-winning director who died Monday.

“He really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time.”

U.S. Sen. John McCain

The presumptive Republican nominee for president, criticizing Democratic rival U.S. Sen. Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006.

“I have no hope that the help will come.”

Aye Shwe

A 52-year-old survivor of the cyclones that devasted Myanmar. Shwe has been living with his family of eight in a hut that he built with scrounged bamboo and thatch.