White House Press Briefing http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060718.html (2006-07-18). Said to Helen Thomas, White House reporter and syndicated columnist.
“Well, first things first, I've got to thank my Lord and Savior up above--thank You, Jesus.”
Kurt Warner (1971) American football quarterback
Kurt Warner's Testimony, November 16, 2008, Eadshome.com, July 19, 2006 http://www.eadshome.com/KurtWarner.htm,
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) American baseball player
Farewell Address (1947)
Context: Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. You know how bad my voice sounds. Well, it feels just as bad. You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth. That means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime.
Fred Phelps (1929–2014) American pastor and activist
2000s, Virginia Tech Massacre: God's Wrath (2007)
Context: The Lord sent a world-class whopper of a massacre to Virginia Tech, killing thirty-three, drawing headlines like 'Shocked!', 'Horrified!', 'The worst massacre in US history!'. Well, we wish you were thirty-three thousand killed, but we are thankful to our Father for thirty-three.
“Shane? Thank God, somebody sane. Well, sane-ish.”
Rachel Caine (1962) American writer
Source: Ghost Town
Reza Pahlavi (1960) Last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran
As quoted by Luc de Barochez, Reza Pahlavi : «Lançons une campagne de désobéissance civile» http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/20060608.FIG000000177_reza_pahlavi_lancons_une_campagne_de_desobeissance_civile.html, June 8, 2006. <br class="br">Interviews, 2006
“It's viewed as an anti-Russian device. Well, it's not.”
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
Commenting on missile defence shield at a news conference in Kiev following talks with the Ukrainian president http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/01/bush.nato/index.html?iref=hpmostpop <br class="br">2000s, 2008
