Quote(s) for the week (World special edition).

1) "Do they think that when they come and speak few Arabic words in a very bad manner it will make us love them?"
- Jaafar Moussa Thamir, in a sobering remark during a visit in the Shorja market in Iraq where he is a marchant by Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) congressional delegation.

2) "I'll be constantly trying to change the subject to the bigger issues. I don't just want to be the wife with cancer."
- Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Presidential candidate, John Edwards, making a statement that needs to be filed in the "oh yea?!" category.

3) "It's a tough war. The American people are weary of this war."
— President Bush, addressing soldiers about to deploy to Iraq from California.

4) "{T}he best place for me [is] the University of Florida."
- The WORST combination of English words that University of Kentucky fans wanted to hear spoken by Florida Basketball Coach, Billy Donovan.

5) "We realized that had we resisted there would have been a major fight, one we could not have won, with consequences that would have major strategic impacts."
- Royal Marine Capt. Chris Air, one of the British sailors on why they chose not to engage the Iranians in the Gulf that led to the "hostage" situation.