“Clay Aiken ran for Congress in North Carolina. But he didn't make it. Clay Aiken is famous for coming in second in a TV popularity contest that most people got fed up with years ago. He also lost on 'American Idol.'” PeopleYearsLostTvsYears AgoCongressRanFedsIdolsPopularityContestsClayCarolinaFed UpNorth CarolinaAmerican IdolPopularity Contest Author:Craig Ferguson
“Some years ago one oil company bought a fertilizer company, and every other major oil company practically ran out and bought a fertilizer company. And there was no more damned reason for all these oil companies to buy fertilizer companies, but they didn't know exactly what to do, and if Exxon was doing it, it was good enough for Mobil and vice versa.” IfsKnowsYearsReasonEnoughCompanyMajorsYears AgoVicesOilRanGood EnoughVice VersaOil CompaniesFertilizer Author:Charlie Munger
“Hateful material travels the globe. A few years ago, CNN, America's Der Sturmer, ran a story about Black parents being so low down that they abandoned their children and the children had to eat rats. I was at a University in Wisconsin at the time and the mother of a student from South Africa called to see whether the story was true. She had seen it all the way over there. The story was untrue. The children lied. CNN never corrected the story.” WayYearsChildrenStoriesAmericaMotherParentBlackStudentsMaterialsLowsYears AgoSouthUniversityRanAbandonedSouth AfricaGlobesRatsLiedHatefulUntrueCnnWisconsin Author:Ishmael Reed
“I'm very realistic about the challenges we face. OK? I have seen it up close in 2010. It's why I ran for the Senate five years ago. I have only been there five years, but it's been enough time to know the damage Barack Obama has done to this country.” KnowsYearsCountryDoneEnoughFacesChallengesFiveYears AgoBarackRanDamageFive YearsRealisticSenateEnough TimeChallenges We Face Author:Marco Rubio
“I ran into Axl [Rose] at a club some year ago and told him he's crazy, we all miss them, and he needs to get the band back together.” NeedsYearsTogetherCrazyMissingBandYears AgoRoseClubsRanBack Together Author:Steven Tyler
“I ran into Stephen King once in New York a few years ago and outside the Carlyle and he said, "You're in the pink." Which sounded so Stephen King. He's doing well I think after his accident and all of that, years and years ago.” ThinkingYearsWellsSaidNew YorkKingsYears AgoAccidentsRan Author:Kathy Bates
“My wife and I went to jail in Selma. The difference when I was back there recently? White folks? No. Black folks who were not scared. I was behind the president this time. When I was a little boy and ran around with trifling dudes, I was the only one scared of dogs. And I was bitten 14 times! Dogs smell scared. And that's the same thing with people: 50 years ago they smelled fear. There was no fear this time.” PeopleYearsLittlesBlackPresidentDifferencesWhiteBehindsBoysWifeDogYears AgoFolksScaredSmellMy WifeRanJailNo FearLittle BoysTrifling Author:Dick Gregory