Most Notable Quotations of 2013 So Far?

[Ben Zimmer]

Do foreign-language quotations count? If so, how about...

"Se una persona è gay e cerca il Signore e ha buona volontà, ma chi
sono io per giudicarla?" ("If someone is gay and is searching for the
Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?") -- Pope Francis,
July 28, 2013

Italian: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/speeches/2013/july/documents/papa-francesco_20130728_gmg-conferenza-stampa_it.html
English: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/speeches/2013/july/documents/papa-francesco_20130728_gmg-conferenza-stampa_en.html


On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Bonnie Taylor-Blake wrote:
>
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>
>> I’m starting to think about my annual list, run by the Associated Press, of the top 10 most notable quotations
>> of the year.  By “notable” I mean “important” or “famous” or “particularly revealing of the spirit of our times”
>> rather than necessarily being eloquent or admirable.  Last year's winner was Mitt Romney's quote about the
>> 47 per cent.  Because this is not an election year or year-before-election year, the most notable quotations
>> are less obvious, which is why I am soliciting preliminary input at this time.
>>
>> I would welcome suggestions of notable quotations from 2013, particularly ones from politics or popular
>> culture or entertainment or sports or business or technology.
>
> Well, though we've still got a third of the year to go, I believe the
> following should be somewhere on your list, Fred:
>
> "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago." -- Barack Obama, 19 July 2013
>
> (Some may recall that last year the President had observed, "If I had
> a son, he would look like Trayvon.")
>
> I look forward to seeing the list take shape over the coming months.

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