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"And it was great making movies in college because if you made the right movie you`d get this cigar box full of $5 and $1 bills, you`d have like 500 bucks after a weekend. And it was like oh my god, we`re rich! We`ve got to make another picture. But if the movie bombed, you spent a lot of money on the movie, on the ads at the State news, renting the theater, lugging these heavy speakers, the projector bulbs, (and) it was a washout, you realize this movie is not making money. I`m broke. I`ve got to make the movie that they want to see. So it was a great learning experience."

- Sam Raimi

I`m busier than a busy person. People aren`t scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it`s the perfect time to get in with some real serious, heavy bands.

- Jason Newsted

Our English for Speakers of Other Languages wait list averages about 400 and we update it once a month. In our pre-GED program, we get 80-100 applications per month throughout the year. People can be on the wait list for too long. We don`t have enough to meet the demand.

- Don Edwards

Mark Antony in his famous funeral oration in Shakespeare`s `Julius Caesar` says that he came not to praise Caesar, but to bury him. This week, at the funeral for the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, two of the speakers, Jimmy Carter and Rev. Joseph Lowery, might have opened their remarks by saying that they came not to bury Coretta Scott King, but to bash (President) Bush, which is exactly what they proceeded to do.

- Lee Harris

Much of it is established by social and economic order, ... But on those levels, both black and white speakers share a close accent.

- David Barry

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

- Cesar Chavez

(Responding to a Washington Post report on Saturday that Farrakhan had agreed to include) gay speakers ... very pleased that eight months of discussions with Minister Louis Farrakhan and March organizers have begun to pay off.

- Keith Boykin

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?

- Al Hubbard

All our non-English speakers are Hispanic, we have no other (foreign) languages at Michelson.

- Anna Eshoo

I wanted to get in contact with these two speakers so students could be exposed to another side of the story.

- Assia Alexandrova

We've got a good group of speakers coming, and I'm sure that group will only get better in the coming years.

- B. Graham Dienert

Washington wine education is a very important component of the Taste Washington experience. The line-up of speakers and seminars this year is unparalleled, and will undoubtedly help wine lovers at all levels of learning develop a greater appreciation for Washington wines.

- Bakari Kitwana

(Hurricane Katrina may be a defining moment, other speakers said, and not necessarily a positive one for the Republicans.) The controlling philosophy in Washington now is to dismiss community and place all the responsibility on the individual, ... It's better if we have both.

- Barclay Noble