Recalled Quotes

[Michael Durant, who broke a leg and his back when his Black Hawk crashed, recalled in his 2003 memoir that as he recovered,] I had begun to really understand how much my comrades resented the actions of the Clinton administration, and their anger and bitterness over the refusal to provide us with the armor and the air support we needed. ... I wasn't going to stand on the White House lawn and make it appear that all was forgotten and forgiven, while my comrades were barely cold in their graves. - Gary Gordon

[Letterman recalled how Carson was asked once by a] Tonight ... I started out in a gaseous state and then I cooled. - Johnny Carson

[Conyers, speaking earlier Monday during a memorial service at historic Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, recalled a 1990 visit to Detroit by Nelson Mandela. The former South African president led the crowd in a chant of Parks' name,] which made us realize that this is an international phenomenon that we celebrate, ... Rosa Parks is worldwide. - John Conyers

[Consumers can contact the companies for information on which models are being recalled. Replacement nets can be ordered at no charge.] While you are waiting for it... you can just keep the rim. Take off the old net, cut it up, throw it away. - Ann Brown

[Bush recalled Mexican President Vicente Fox's visit to Washington just before September 11, saying he told Fox at that time,] the United States has no more important relationship in the world than with Mexico. ... I meant it then, and I mean it now. - George Bush

[Before he testified, Mr. Cooper recalled that Mr. Fitzgerald counseled him to say what he remembered and no more.] If I show you a picture of your kindergarten teacher and it really refreshes your memory say so... If it doesn't, don't say yes just because I show you a photo of you and her sitting together. - Matthew Cooper

[At the Air Force One ceremony, Bush recalled Reagan's 1982 prediction in London that freedom and democracy would leave communism on the] ash heap of history ... tear down this wall. - Mikhail Gorbachev

[Allison also recalled watching Nelson Mandela's release from prison with Gilchrist and Tom King, then sales director at Standard Life. As Mandela waved to the crowds he leaned towards his wife Winnie and whispered in her ear.] I wonder what he's asking her? ... I think it was 'Have we had that letter from Tom King yet telling us how badly our Standard Life mortgage has performed?' - Tom King