“I certainly got religion. I think he’s gone to hell.’’ -- Republican Governor RICK PERRY of Texas, who worked for Al Gore’s presidential campaign, on Gore’s views on climate change
“Yes, we’re in deep doo-doo. But we would have been in much deeper doo-doo.’’ -- Former Treasury secretary HANK PAULSON, on Federal Reserve chairman and Time “Man of the Year’’ Ben Bernanke
“They’re powerful, rich, handsome people and they’re dead. And they can’t make a difference, while I still can.’’ -- Republican Senate candidate SCOTT BROWN, comparing himself to John F. Kennedy Jr. and Princess Diana
“You’ll look back at these indiscretions as a minor blip.’’ -- Nike chairman PHIL KNIGHT, on Tiger Woods’s marital woes
“You would not be here unless you - like me - were convinced that this danger is real. This is not fiction, this is science.’’ -- PRESIDENT OBAMBA, at the climate change conference in Copenhagen
“No individual should hold health care hostage, including Joe Lieberman, and I’ll say it flat out, I think he ought to be recalled.’’ -- US Representative ROSA DELAURO of Connecticut, on Senator Joe Lieberman’s position on health care reform 
