2007: Something to talk about

JANUARY

Predicting 2007

"I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear. The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that." – Televangelist Pat Robertson, predicting a terrorist attack on the United States in late 2007

Deadly radio contest

"Maybe we should have researched this." – Morning show host on The End (KDND, 107.9 FM), during a "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest resulting in the death of a 28-year-old woman

Political gaffes

"I told him I take a bath every day." – The Rev. Al Sharpton, onetime presidential candidate, responding to Sen. Joe Biden's description of Barack Obama as "the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy"

Mary Cheney pregnant

"This is a baby. This is a blessing from God. It is not a political statement. It is not a prop to be used in a debate by people on either side of an issue. It is my child." – Mary Cheney, daughter of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, defending her decision to start a family with her female partner

Foreclosure crisis

"What's the old saying? 'The chickens are coming home to roost.' " – John Arvanitis, president of Citrus Heights-based Sunrise Vista Mortgage Corp.

FEBRUARY

On remorse

"I felt very remorseful for having thrown the phone at someone that didn't deserve it." – Supermodel Naomi Campbell, apologizing for assaulting a maid when she couldn't find a pair of jeans Campbell wanted

Academy Awards

"Could you double-check the envelope?" – Film director Martin Scorsese, winning an Oscar after being passed over five times before

Heroes

"I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King (Jr.) and John Lennon, but I want to stay alive." – Madonna

MARCH

Bush reflects

"A year ago my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn and my vice president had shot someone. Ah, those were the good ole days." – President Bush, joking at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner

Sanjaya scores

"Sanjaya, I don't think it matters anymore what we say … I think you are in your own universe and if people like you, good luck." – Simon Cowell to "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar

Libby convicted

"Scooter Libby was found guilty of perjury, obstruction and making false statements – or, as the White House calls it, a press conference." – Comedian Bill Maher, on the conviction of White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby

'300'

"This is Sparta!" – Gerard Butler in "300"

APRIL

Imus off the air

"That's some nappy-headed hos there." – Radio personality Don Imus, referring to the Rutgers University women's basketball team

Parenting 101

"You are a rude, thoughtless little pig." – Actor Alec Baldwin, in an angry phone message to his 11-year-old daughter, who missed a scheduled call

Who's the father?

"I told you so." – Larry Birkhead, after a court ruled he was the father of a daughter with the late Anna Nicole Smith

Pet food recalls

"I'm very angry. They killed my cat. They (put) something that kills rats on the street into the food we trusted." – Dawn Majerczyk of Chicago, who filed a class action after her cat Phoenix died of kidney failure

Amnesia strikes

"I don't recall." – Oft-repeated reply by former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales while testifying before Congress on the firings of U.S. attorneys

Setting record straight

"I didn't go down shooting like a Rambo GI Jane. I didn't even shoot off my weapon. So, you know, I just felt that it was important to set the record straight." – Former soldier Jessica Lynch, debunking tales of her heroism in Iraq

Virginia Tech massacre

"You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today." – Cho Seung-Hui, who killed 32 people in a rampage at Virginia Tech, in a videotaped manifesto sent to NBC News

Iran tensions rise