Pokes Quotes

[League spokesman Brian McCarthy, meanwhile, told the Los Angeles Times that West] expressed an unscripted opinion. ... for their entertainment value, not their political views. - Brian McCarthy

[Joseph Picchi, a spokesman for the state Department of Motor Vehicles, said Martinez sent a letter to Postupack recommending the] strongest possible action ... up to and including termination. - Brian Donnelly

[Jack King, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers spokesman, said defense attorneys will track down most defendants in those 300 cases.] Now, we need the FBI to provide a live witness, a scientist from the FBI Lab, to testify at post-conviction hearings on these old cases... Some of these guys have sat in jail for decades, and it's about time they got a fair hearing. - Jack King

[Iowa State spokesman John McCarroll, whose school scored high on community service, said,] It appears this ranking does more closely measure what we are trying to do than some other national rankings. ... manifest throughout a Wellesley education. - Ann Hill

[He has had only one close call, when he got his thumb stuck in the spokes of his mom's wheelchair and it caused an under-the-nail blood blister. The injury occurred in the post-Photoshop era, but even so, the resulting lag in work could have cost him trusted clients.] I thought Photoshop was the end of my career... I thought they'd be able to get any ol' pair of hands in there. But what most people don't realize is there's a brain that comes connected to these hands. You need to know the tricks of the trade. It's just like fashion modeling: You can get a pretty woman to put on an outfit, but once you send her down the runway, does she know what to do? - Bill Austin

[Hastert's spokesman said] no formal structure has been created ... He will continue to be a very powerful adviser to the leadership in what we hope will be a very temporary situation.' - Tom DeLay

[For more than three decades, Ernie Harwell was the voice of the Detroit Tigers. His Georgia voice was as sweet as a mint julep, and he rode it into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1981. Now 87 and retired from broadcasting, Harwell told The Denver Post's Anthony Cotton recently that the hardest thing he does these days] is lift my feet up when my wife runs the vacuum cleaner. ... I'm a spokesman for Blue Cross and Blue Shield. We signed a 10-year contract with a 10-year option, so I have to live to be 106. And I'm going to do it or die trying. - Ernie Harwell

[Earlier, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer reiterated the administration's support for reforming the authority.] It is time for the Palestinian Authority to reform. That is what the president is watching... That is the heart of the matter. - Ari Fleischer

[Due to an operator error, the 7 PM performance of the musical was delayed mid-show for about 50 minutes, according to Michael Hartman, a spokesperson for the family musical.] We'd gone 34 previews and 142 performances without a hitch... and Chitty is still the most reliable car on Broadway and beyond. - Michael Hartman