Biography - Photos - References - Media - Contact - Appearances & Events - WilliamFuld.com Media They said it: Memorable quotes from the pages of Sunday in 2004 "You certainly don't bring a child into the world to have them be considered a second-class citizen without rights like everyone else ... As a mother, you have the same dreams for your child, whether they are heterosexual or homosexual." "When people find out you're a fisherman, it almost opens the door for them to start using the worst language they know. It's like they're trying to impress you, like that's the way we talk on the boat." "People like things that have to do with death. They like bones, they like skeletons and they like things in jars like pickled fetuses. They like seeing that a whole lot more than they like seeing the largest carrot in the world." "I've never authenticated a Guinness world record event before, but I have authenticated a number of pints of Guinness." "I really hadn't planned on it." "If I were a space alien and I wanted to know what was going on in the Boston sports scene, I'd listen to Glenn Ordway." "I've seen dozens of fender benders, I've seen fights. I once saw this nice pretty lady get out of her car, give someone the finger and scream 'Why don't you f-ing move your f-ing car.'" "Unfortunately, most transsexuals don't blend into society very well." "It's become a travesty against humanity." "I probably know 1,500 people who were good enough to get paid to do this and I bet I don't know 10 who are making enough money to buy a house or have a car to drive." "There are ways of killing people and then there are ways of killing people. You can do the hideous killings the way Hitler did, but you can also do the killing of spirit and identity." "When my wife was growing up in Salem, she says she remembers a sign at the desk of the country club on the Salem-Swampscott line that said 'No Dogs or Jews Allowed.'" "It gets me into the best gas stations." "I truly feel like a swan ... I have a few men around the neighborhood who notice me now and ask me for coffee and that makes me feel good." "It's kind of like getting radical cancer treatment. You do it when all hope is lost so you jump on a plane and go to some foreign country to do something that the Food and Drug Administration won't allow. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone." "I'd love to go into a CVS and find a stack of books explaining the Easter mystery in children's terms, rather than the story of the bunny who lost his friend." "There is nothing in this world that can replace baseball and what it means to the Dominican people. There's no sport or political figure that could possibly fill that void." "Let's face it, if the Jehovah's Witnesses are canvassing the neighborhood, I don't think too many people will be upset if their house gets skipped." "I didn't want to reinvent the wheel. I went looking for an alll-encompassing plan. I wanted to take someone else's policy and apply it to Rockport and, well, there wasn't one." "Serving alcohol to minors is a recipe for disaster. It's no different than driving down Route 95 with a blindfold on as far as I'm concerned." "My God, why did I stop at a master's degree? Why didn't I say I had a Ph.D. while I was at it?" "We're dying so fast. We're really hoping as many vets can attend the monument dedication as possible and there are fewer and fewer every day." "The level of compassion available from dogs in times of grief changed my life. At the end of the day, if you've ever known the love of a dog, you feel constantly at a deficit to pay it back. I said, 'Whatever I do next, it'll be in the company of dogs.' " "I think the mystique of computer games may be leveling off or at least it's losing its magic ... If you really want to sit down and have a verbal slap fight with somebody, a board game is a good way to do it." "What can happen in North Station can happen on the North Shore. The potential for terrorism doesn't just reside in the city and the train in Gloucester travels to the city." "I lost a friend over there recently. And there are people over there getting shot at and killed every day so I have the freedom to walk into Dunkin' Donuts and get a coffee. The least I can do is send those guys some candy and Kool-Aid." "I often say, and I don't know if you want to print this, that you can't be very egocentric when you get peed on as part of your job." "I think Karl Rove, the president's campaign advisor, knows that Cheney's got to be dumped. They probably would prefer he had a heart attack than have to fire him." "The KGB was always watching us musicians." "Over my dead body will they ever disassociate this town from witches." "Drink from the passion of life as much as you can, because death is following us. Look at the sun, feel the crisp air, make love to your lover, enjoy food and live today to the fullest." "He loved people and that's why he was such a good portrait artist. He loved women. He loved their company. Anyone who sat for him fell in love with him. Sometimes people were jealous because he had all those beautiful women sitting for him, but that's because they loved his art. People used to say, 'I want my portrait done.' He used to say, 'Get me before I die.' " "Get away from me, kid. I'm hideous. Save yourself." "I know two things. Fishes and shoes." "A lot of teamwork is needed on an issue like this, and if communities don't start using the tools we've been given now, using them five or 10 years from now might be too late." "They're the big draw here. If it weren't for them, there would be no business at all in Salem. Pickering Wharf was just a loser's club. There was never anybody down there." "When this developer called me up and said to me, 'There's coyotes up there, you've got to get them out of there,' I just looked at him and said, 'Well, did you give them an eviction notice?' " "Thank you very much. Oh, I think I hurt myself on that one." "I'm seeing bipolar disorder, depression and an incredible number of kids with clinical anxiety and I think it's because they're not learning enough about interpersonal interaction to get through their teen years healthily. And they're not learning because they're interfacing with screens all the time." "It adds some validity. You're part of something larger. You're not just some weirdo working alone." - Artist and instructor Lara Lepionka on the importance of networking for artists "If somebody asked me today, 'I'm going to Thailand next week, should I go?' The answer would be 'Yes. Just don't go to the zoo or to a place where you pick out a live chicken for dinner.' " "This is cuckoo," "This is crazy," "This blows," "I'm shocked," "Jesus" and "You idiots have been standing in line for how long?" "My opponent is insinuating that I voted to get rid of CORI checks, which is ridiculous. This is a disgusting attack on my character and represents everything evil about Texas-style campaigning." "People in authority bully people. I don't like bullies." "It's become so innocuous, with Captain Feathersword. A real pirate would go out there and cut the Wiggles apart and take anything of value he could carry with him." "They have giant bladders on the front of their heads and they pee in each other's faces as a form of aggressive communication. They also flirt that way." OUIJA® and MYSTIFYING ORACLE® are both trademarks of Hasbro, Inc.
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