“After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, "Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!" And then Sasha added, "Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up." So it's good to have kids to keep things in perspective.” SaidKidsThreePerspectiveNewsPrizePlusWeekendDaddyNobelNobel Peace Prize Author:Barack Obama
“John Kerry fell off of his bicycle over the weekend. He went for a Sunday afternoon ride, fell off in front of the news media. Luckily, his hair broke the fall so it's not as serious. ... Thankfully, Senator Kerry was not seriously injured. In fact, when the police arrived, Kerry was well enough to give conflicting reports to the officers about what happened.” GivingWellsEnoughFactsFallHappenedMediaFrontsSeriousHairNewsPoliceBrokeReportsSundayOfficersAfternoonWeekendSenatorsInjuredBicycleJohn KerryNews MediaSunday Afternoons Author:Jay Leno
“One of the things we can be sure of over the July 4th weekend is that news reports will keep telling us how many of us are going to die in automobile accidents.” DiesNewsAccidentsReportsWeekend4th Of JulyJulyAutomobile Author:Andy Rooney
“The Republicans finally got some good news over the weekend. The North Koreans set off a nuclear bomb. Thank God. It was so powerful it knocked the Mark Foley story right off the front page. And knocked him off the page he was on, too.” StoriesPowerfulFrontsRepublicanNewsPagesMarkNuclearBombsThank GodWeekendGood NewsNorth KoreaKoreanNuclear BombNorth Korean Author:Jay Leno
“I never turn on the news over the weekend, short of a nuclear detonation somewhere. I just don't. I don't learn anything from it anymore.” TurnsNewsNuclearWeekendTurn-on Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better.” IfsWantGovernmentViewsWeekWindReaderPaperLateNewsHolidayWeekendSaturdayPapersFridayBad NewsBest Times Author:Bob Schieffer
“For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.” WantStoriesGovernmentWeekNewsFilledOfficialsAfternoonWeekendAnticipationGood NewsMondayFridayBureaucratsDumpGovernment OfficialsFriday Afternoon Author:John Sununu