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"It depends on what the meaning of the word is is. If the--if he--if is means is and never has been, that is not--that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement."

. . . from his grand jury testimony, August 1998

"It depends on how you define alone . . . ."

. . . from his grand jury testimony, August 1998

"What's a man got to do to get in the top fifty?"

. . . reacting to a survey (by the Newseum in Arlington, VA) of journalists and scholars that

ranked the Monica Lewinsky scandal as the 53rd most significant story of the century, 1999

"When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two--and didn't like it--and

didn't inhale and never tried inhaling again."

. . . in responce to a question at a candidates forum on WCBS-TV in New York, 3/29/92

"You know if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That's a good looking mummy."

. . . after seeing "Juanita," a newly discovered Incan mummy on display at the

National Geographic museum, Associated Press, 6/17/96

"I asked him [Al Gore] to do it because he was the only person that I could trust to read all

150,000 pages in the Code of Federal Regulations."

. . . during remarks at an Old EOB regulatory reform event, 2/21/95

"Well I don't have much job security."

. . . on why he still plays the saxophone, 1992

"Look, half the time when I see the evening news, I wouldn't be for me either."

. . . during a pre-campaign swing through Montana and Colorado, New York Times, 6/2/95

"It wasn't my finest hour. It wasn't even my finest hour and a half."

. . . the day after giving an endless nominating speech at the Democratic convention, 7/21/88

"You'd think he was running for First Lady."

. . . on George H. W. Bush's criticism of Hillary Clinton, New York Times, 8/20/92

"I like that about the Republicans; the evidence does not faze them; they are not bothered at

all by the facts."

. . . during remarks at a reception for Rep. Marty Meehan (D-MA), 10/20/00

"When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the World

Wide Web . . . . Now, even my cat has its own page."

. . . during his announcement of the Next Generation Internet initiative, University of

Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 10/10/96

"The American people have spoken, but it's going to take a little while to determine what they said."

. . . on the inconclusive results of the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Fresno Bee, 11/9/00

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman . . . ."

. . . during a White House press conference, 1/26/98

"So thanks for the endorsement white-haired dude, and I want America to know I'm, like,

totally ready to lead."

. . . Paris Hilton, in response to John McCain, who compared her to Barack Obama, 8/5/08

(We had to sneak this one in. - the editors)

"Poor Darrell Hammond. What's he going to do when I leave office?"

. . . during remarks at the Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner, 4/6/00

"No one wants to get this matter behind us more than I do--except maybe all the rest of

the American people."

. . . on the 53rd most significant story of the 20th century, during a Rose Garden

press conference, 7/31/98

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