“I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do.”
Jessica Lynch (1983) Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
On reports of her fighting fiercely until captured. She was actually unconscious because of her injuries in a rocket grenade explosion and subsequent vehicle crash. BBC News (7 November 2003) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3251731.stm
“So, your dad's hot."
"Thanks. He was that way when I met him, so I can't really take credit.”
Ally Carter (1974) American writer
Source: Perfect Scoundrels
“We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.”
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer
Source: A Wrinkle in Time: With Related Readings
William McDonough (1951) American architect
"William McDonough: Godfather of Green", WNYC Studio 360 (18 March 2008).
Context: I can't imagine something being beautiful at this point in history if it's destroying the planet or causing children to get sick. How can anything be beautiful if it's not ecologically intelligent at this point?
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian
I never said that. <br class="br">Interview with Roger Ebert in Esquire magazine (7 March 1972); more on this at Snopes.com: "I Love My Cigar" http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/grouchocigar.asp
Richard Dawkins (1941) English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author
During his conversation with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, as quoted in The Telegraph, in . In " Richard Dawkins: I can't be sure God does not exist http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9102740/Richard-Dawkins-I-cant-be-sure-God-does-not-exist.html"
Keira Knightley (1985) British actress
On her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice, in Allure magazine (October 2007)
