QUOTES OF THE YEAR 1997 NOMINATIONS
"I like that point in the evening when I stop worrying about
whether I am going to wear a tie to work tomorrow, and when I start worrying about whether
I am going to work at all."
Basel Cylba, 10 October 1997, Washington
"Anytime you get money out of a deadbeat, you call it a
victory."
Kirsten Wolfe, 10 October 1997, Washington
"A relationship should be frozen in time in the first month."
Mark Summers, 28 September 1997, Jacksonville
"It's not that far. It's a long way if you are with a women, but
it's not that far by yourself."
Pat Benic, September 25, Jacksonville
"My theory is the best restaurants in this town are from places
where they just had a war recently."
Dave Jones, 30 August 1997, Washington
"The only way to make serious money as a writer is to compose
effective extortion letters."
Bjorn Edlund, 9 May 1997, London
"The good news is that people do less crack and more smack."
Dave Jones, 27 April 1997, Washington
"Key West is on the way to anywhere."
Amy Ofsthun, 19 April 1997, London
"Just because it's on the front of the Guardian and other
newspapers doesn't mean it's a Reuters' story."
John Fullerton, 16 April 1997, London
"We spend most of our time arranging meetings to discuss what we
would do if we did anything."
Ralph Nicholson, 27 March 1997, Washington
"I know every smart person in South Carolina -- all ten of
them."
Maggie Fox, 15 March 1997, London
"The winds of change do not always blow in the right
direction"
Mal Langsdon, 8 March 1997, Helsinki
"Life is too short to drink bad wine."
Mal Langsdon, 8 March 1997, Helsinki
"I was born to be a majorette, but I was born in the wrong
country."
Laura Pumphrey, 1 March 1997, London
"Oh my God, I didn't know Pat was a twirler."
Colleen Lamarque, 1 March 1997, London
"I still say my idea of a perfect vacation is a day at Captain
Tony's."
Angus Macswan, 18 February 1997, Miami
"This is not a holiday, it's a concentration camp."
Laura Pumphrey, 15 February 1997, Lech, Austria
"I can handle up to seven inches if it's soft."
Colleen Lamarque, 14 February 1997, Lech, Austria
"Eaters pay for drinkers."
George Short, 7 February 1997, London
"I like to write, I like the news, I'm leaving Reuters."
Nick Doughty, 5 February 1997, London
"If you want cheap labour, capture it."
RA Winning, 5 February 1997, London
"I think he's OK-looking. A little greasy, but not anything a towel
wouldn't take care of."
Colleen Lamarque, 2 February 1997, London
"I was delivering bodies to a morgue at that age."
Colleen Lamarque, 18 January 1997, London
"You keep your partner close. You keep your competition
closer"
Amy Ofsthun, 18 January 1997, London
"One square once."
Tom Stuper via Bart, 20 January 1997, London
"We have to get you out of the flight path."
Chad Cunningham, 2 January 1997, Key West
"It reminds me of United Press. I never thought I'd be on two
Titanics in one lifetime."
Cathy Booth, 1 January 1997, Key West