PERSPECTIVES
 

 
open quoteThese new bras represent pioneering work.close quote

Rüdiger Carstens, a spokesman for the Hamburg-based Bundespolizei, Germany's federal police force, on a new "bulletproof" bra designed to protect female officers

 
 
open quoteThere's something to be said for fresh blood.close quote

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, demurring when asked if she'd consider being the running mate of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain

 
 
open quoteWe have good news for democracy.close quote

Pakistan Peoples Party leader Asif Ali Zardari, on the impending impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf, whose policies, he says, have "eroded" the trust of the nation

 
 
open quoteIt's time to move on.close quote

Un-retired quarterback Brett Favre, after he was traded to the New York Jets, ending a 16-year run with the Green Bay Packers

 
 
open quoteHis voice is still on my answering machine.close quote

Maureen Stevens, voice faltering, on her late husband, Robert Stevens, who was a victim of the 2001 anthrax attacks. Families of the five victims say the suicide of suspect Bruce Ivins has renewed their sense of loss.

 
 
open quoteWe don't sentence based on passion, we sentence based on law.close quote

Defense lawyer Charlie Swift, during the trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's former driver. Hamdan received five years in prison for abetting terrorism—far less than the 30 sought by prosecutors.

 
 
open quoteIt's crazy, terrible, the stupidest thing that ever happened to the sport.close quote

Longtime gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, dismayed by the demise of the 10.0 Olympics scoring system that was used to give his protégée, 1984 gold medalist Mary Lou Retton, a perfect score

 
 
open quotePlease kill me.close quote

Vince Weiguang Li, the man accused of stabbing, decapitating and cannibalizing his seatmate on a Greyhound bus, responding to a Canadian judge's question about whether he wanted a lawyer

 
 
open quoteNo freebies, no freebies.close quote

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, joking with a fan who tried to snap his photo as he was extracted from a mangled car wreck in rural Mississippi. Freeman was hospitalized for broken bones.

 
 
open quoteMy doctor told me I was a Happy Meal away from diabetes. I have to get my fat a-- back together.close quote

Former NBA player Charles Barkley, on boxing to stay in shape

 
 

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