[Ads-l] Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2023

Dan Goncharoff thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Sun Oct 8 20:08:04 UTC 2023


Fran Drescher:
“I cannot believe it, quite frankly, how far apart we are on so many
things. How they plead poverty, that they’re losing money left and right
when giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs. It is
disgusting. Shame on them. They stand on the wrong side of history.”

On Sat, Oct 7, 2023, 3:50 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> My last appeal generated zero responses, so let me try again.  I am hoping
> for suggestions of candidates for my annual list of the 10 most notable
> quotations of the year, disseminated by the Associated Press.  The criteria
> are quotations that are famous, or important, or particularly revealing of
> the spirit of our times.  Invariably many of the quotes are political in
> nature, but I do very much want some nonpolitical quotes from fields such
> as popular culture, sports, business, science, etc.  I also would like to
> have some foolish quotes from Democratic politicians to give the list some
> balance.  Internet memes can be considered if they are very popular.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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