It goes to show you that not only is this guy the greatest swimmer of all time and the greatest Olympian of all time, he’s maybe the greatest athlete of all time

He’s the greatest racer who ever walked the planet

One word: epic

– Seven time gold medal winner Mark Spitz talks after Michael Phelps wins his seventh gold medal.

Dream as big as you can dream and anything is possible

I am sort of in a dream world

Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure it is real

I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix.

Today was Day #6 of the Republican House “staycation”. There were still no Democrats to be found on the floor.

It’s been one week since the first group of Republicans remained on the floor to do the people’s business. In that week 30,000 people have signed the petition to Call Back Congress, and Nancy Pelosi sold just 3,000 books.

The American people will not get relief if Congress doesn’t start talking about it. Call Speaker Pelosi’s office and ask her to Call Back Congress.

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During the middle of a campaign you are always worried about taking some time off – that’s the nature of the job

But you know I have been going pretty much straight for 18 months now

– Barack Obama talks about not having a vacation in 18 months, yet he took one in March of this year, just 5 months ago.

Hey America, I’m Paris Hilton and I’m a celebrity too

Only I’m not from the olden days and I’m not promising change like that other guy. I’m just hot

We can do limited offshore drilling with strict environmental oversight while creating tax incentives to get Detroit making hybrid and electric cars. … Energy crisis solved, I’ll see you at the debates, bitches

I’ll see you at the White House!

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The conditions you were working in on Tuesday were not good

I am not going to make an apology for something that the IOC is not responsible for

We are not running the Internet in China

– International Olympic Committee president, Jacques Rogge talks to reporters about censorship in China.

My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices

If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage — I don’t want to be so rigid that we can’t get something done

– Barack Obama talks about his position on off-shore drilling, which just happened to be completely different just a few days ago.

I have decided not to compete in the primaries in Kadima

I will resign from my role as prime minister to allow a new leader to form a new government efficiently and quickly

– Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announces he is stepping down. Of course, this comes at a time when he is facing possible corruption charges, so it’s only natural for him to want to get out of the public eye as soon as possible.

No one wants to die

And yet death is the destination we all share

No one has ever escaped it