From the book THE 776 STUPIDEST THINGS EVER SAID

--"Things are more like they are now than they ever have been
before." President Gerald Ford.

--"China is a big country inhabited by many Chinese." Charles De
Gaulle, French President.

--"This is a great day for France!" President Richard Nixon, while
attending De Gualle's funeral.

--"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important
part of your life." Brooke Shields, demonstrating why she would make
a good spokeswoman for an anti-smoking group.

--"Bite the wax tadpole." Coca-Cola name as originally translated
into Chinese. It was changed to mean "may the mouth rejoice"

--"Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave." ad slogan
"Pepsi comes alive" as initially translated into Chinese.

--"This kind of weapon can't help but have an effect on the
population as a whole." President Ronald Reagan on nuclear weapons.

--"I didn't inhale." President Bill Clinton answering rumors that he
had smoked marijuana.

--"I desire the Poles carnally." Presidnet Jimmy Carter's
mis-translation in a 1977 speech in Poland.

--"If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for
me." a congressman to Dr. Davis Edwards, head of the Joint National
Committee on Language, about the necessity for a commercial nation to
be multi-lingual.

--"We need laws that protect everyone - men and women, straights and
gays, regardless of sexual perversion...ah, persuasion." Bella
Abzug, New York politician addressing a rally for the Equal Rights
Amendment.