- “I propose a limitation be put on how many sqares [sic] of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don’t want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required.’” — Sheryl Crow
- “I play a slave. How black is that? I have to wear chains. How whack is that? But don’t worry. I get free. I save my wife and I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that?” – Jamie Foxx
- “In a situation like this, of course you identify with everyone who’s suffering. (But we must also think about) the terrorists who are creating such horrible future lives for themselves because of the negativity of this karma. It’s all of our jobs to keep our minds as expansive as possible. If you can see (the terrorists) as a relative who’s dangerously sick and we have to give them medicine, and the medicine is love and compassion. There’s nothing better.” – Richard Gere
- “[Republican control of the House has resulted in] poison in the water, salmonella in the food, carbon dioxide in the air and toxic waste in the ground.” – Barbra Streisand
- “I don’t agree, you see, I don’t really view communism as a bad thing.” – Whoopi Goldberg
- “I’m not sure about the parties. But whatever they have in Korea, that’s bad.” — Justin Bieber
- “I think there should be a law – and I know this is extreme – that no one can have a gun in the U.S.” – Rosie O’Donnell
- “George Bush is only 2,000 away from being inspired by Bin Laden, I think the body count is moving up.” — Sean Penn, comparing soldiers’ deaths to those of victims of 9/11
- “If everybody that had two cars had a Prius instead of an SUV, we wouldn’t be in the Middle East right now.” — Meryl Streep
- “[Rush Limbaugh] just wants the country to fail. To me that’s treason. He’s not saying anything different than what Osama Bin Laden is saying. You might want to look into this, sir, because I think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight. … Rush Limbaugh, I hope the country fails, I hope his kidneys fail, how about that?” — Wanda Sykes
- “One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game, during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez.” — David Letterman
- “Kill those — Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives
Kill those — Yankees who ordered them to torture
Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law, and fathers
Kill them all slowly and painfully.”
– Korean rapper Psy of the megahit “Gangnam Style.” Psy has since apologized for the lyrics.
- “I don’t even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.” — Jay-Z, right before endorsing Barack Obama
- “America is dumb, it’s like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive.” — Johnny Depp
- “Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant… I looked up Democrat. It’s of the people, by the people, for the people.” – Julia Roberts
- Michael Moore’s film Fahrenheit 9/11 “should be required for everyone in America to see as part of their education in high schools.” – LeeLee Sobieski
- “George Bush doesn’t care about black people…They’re giving the Army permission to go down and shoot us.” — Kayne West
- “I would think that if you understood what Communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees, that we would someday become communists.” – Jane Fonda
- “Our country is founded on a sham: our forefathers were slave-owning rich white guys who wanted it their way. So when I see the American flag, I go, ‘Oh my God, you’re insulting me.’ That you can have a gay parade on Christopher Street in New York, with naked men and women on a float cheering, ‘We’re here, we’re queer!’ — that’s what makes my heart swell. Not the flag, but a gay naked man or woman burning the flag. I get choked up with pride.”—Janeane Garofalo
- “What did Bush do on 9/11? He ran away and hid. Even Reagan knew more about leadership than that, and he was as bad a symbol of America as I can think of, off-hand. But at least he’s been in enough cowboy movies to know he had to come out and stand on top of the rubble and be seen shaking his fist or something.” – George Clooney
- “I just didn’t understand the American political system, and I felt really stupid about that.” – Drew Barrymore, after making a documentary about the importance of voting
- “It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm’s way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration.” – Dave Matthews
- “I’m not that into voting. It’s kinda crazy a woman is running and stuff because women have emotions and menopause and PMS.” — Brooke Hogan, daughter of famous wrestler Hulk Hogan
- “Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens,” Britney Spears told Tucker Carlson on CNN’s Crossfire in 2003
- “TAKE THAT MITCHES” — Beyonce Knowles, shortly after Obama’s victory was announced