“Where are we going to find roughly half a trillion dollars over the next several years for Iraq and Katrina?”
Sen. Jospeh Biden, Delaware Democrat, commenting during a TV interview
“You can’t have an emergency plan that works if it only affects middle- class people up.”
Bill Clinton, former president, commenting on Hurricane Katrina relief
“I’m trying to sell one home that backs to T-REX, and it’ll take an act of Congress to get people to look at it.”
Mike Edmiston, a real estate broker trying to sell a house near the southeast Denver highway project
“If people think that investing in education is any less an investment in infrastructure than building a bridge or an airport, they’re crazy.”
John Hickenlooper, mayor of Denver, commenting during an education conference
“It is very Apollo-like, but bigger. Think of it as Apollo on steroids.”
Michael Griffin, NASA administrator, describing the system the agency hopes to use to get to the moon by 2018
“I’d like to dedicate this to Britney and our baby.”
Brad Garrett of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” on winning an Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series, jokingly suggesting he is the father of Britney Spears’ newborn baby