Funniest Quotes of the Year

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Funniest Quotations of the Year

As we say goodbye to 2011 and welcome 2012, let us review some of the funniest and wackiest things said by celebrities, politicians and world leaders. This lens has listed the funniest quotes from famous people in the foregone year.

This lens hopes to put a smile on your face as the world embrace 2012.

Funniest Quote on Family and Babies of the Year

Chuck Nevitt"My sister is expecting a baby and I don't know if I am going to be an uncle or an aunt." [1]
- Chuck Nevitt (Former Basketball Player)

Funniest Political Gobbledygook

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"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right."
- George W. Bush (Former U.S. President) [2]

"A proof is a proof. What kind of proof? It's a proof. Proof is proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven."
- Jean Chretien (Former Prime Minister Of Canada) [3]

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Funniest Quotes on Economy, US Dollar and Unemployment

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"A true economist will tell you forecasting the currency is a random walk, which means you can't forecast it."
- Paul Bloxham (HSBC Chief Economist) [4]

"Continuing to own a currency that's going to be printed into oblivion - that's the official policy - is crazy."
- Robin Griffith (London Economic Strategist, on the US dollar) [5]

"In the end, we'll just ask the same questions. Where's the economy going, and what do various inflation indicator look like? We'll ask those questions."
- Ben Bernanke (Federal Reserve Chairman, on possibility of more economic recovery) [6]

"The Fed, like every other central bank, is powerless to prevent fluctuations in the cost of living and increases of individual prices. We do not produce oil. Nor do we grow food or provide health care."
- Dennis Lockhart (President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) [7]

"There is scope for reducing the unemployment through sensible monetary policy but that will leave probably a higher level of 'natural' unemployment than maybe we enjoyed before the recession."
- Dennis Lockhart (President of Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank) [8]

Funniest Quotes on Love, Marriage and Fidelity

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"It's gotta be weird stuffing money into a stripper's bikini when every bill has a photo of your grandmother on it."
- Jimmy Fallon (Comedian, on Prince William's bucks party) [9]

"When you ASSUME to know that which you know nothing of you make an ASS out of U and ME."
- Ashton Kutcher (Actor, on cheating behind Demi Moore's back) [10]

'I once married 10 women in one year."
- Ziona Chana (a 66-year-old man in India that currently has 39 wives) [11]

"I carry condoms in my purse, even though I haven't had sex in a long time. I'm hoping for luck! And I carry them so I can give them to other people who might want or need them, or who might want to have a conversation."
- Sharon Stone (Actress) [12]

Funniest Quotes on Democracy and Unions Protests

photo credit: commieblaster.com."It is a sad fact that Western democracies provide less successful leadership than China."
- George Soros (Hungarian-American business magnate) [13]

"Every once and awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody when necessary."
- Michael Capuano (U.S. Representative, on the Wisconsin union protests) [14]

Which quote above did you find funniest?

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Funniest Quotes of Debunked Leaders

Former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi

"Our children have been manipulated by al Qaeda."
- Muammar Gaddafi (Former President of Libya) [15]

"We will fight until the last man, until the last woman, until the last bullet."
- Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi (Son of debunked Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi) [16]

"I am fed up. After 62 years in public service, I have had enough. I want to go."
- Hosni Mubarak (Debunked President of Egypt, after he has been forced to step down) [17]

"Get on, imbecile. All my life I've had to put up with your screw-ups."
- Leila Trabelsi (wife of deposed Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, said to her husband as he hesitated to board the plane that would take them into exile) [18]

Funniest Quotes From Dirty Politicians

photo credit: iudexonline.com."I have diplomatic immunity."
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Former head of IMF, said to the police when charged with sexual assault of a maid in his suite). [19]

"I have always made it so that every woman feels, how should I say, special."
- Silvio Berlusconi (Former Italian Prime Minister) [20]

Which quote above did you find funniest?

Leila Trabelsi Ben Ali, the Lady Macbeth of Tunisia.
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Funniest Quote On Being Smart

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"I'm so smart now. Everyone is like "Take your top off." Sorry, No! They always want to get that money shot. I'm not stupid."
- Paris Hilton [21]

Funniest Quote on Taxes

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"Opening the Tax Act is like opening the door to a parallel universe."
- Patrick Keane (Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia) [22]

Funniest Quote on Apocalypse

Apocalypse

"The world would end on 21 May 2011, if not, then on 21 October 2011."
- Harold Camping (Preacher) [23]

Funniest Quote from Sport Coach

Coach Bill Peterson"You guys pair up in group of three, then line up in a circle."
Bill Peterson (Florida State Football Coach) [24]

Funniest Quote on World Hunger and Humanity

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those files and death and stuff."
- Mariah Carey (Singer) [25]

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Did you think the people quoted here can be so clueless?

Barney Frank U.S. Representative Massachusetts.
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Reference

[1]"Top 10 stupid quotes by celebrities", http://www.topyaps.com/top-10-stupid-quotes-by-celebrities/2011.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] "Quotations of the Year", http://www.pierpont.com.au/article.php?Chameleon-had-a-star.
[5] Ibid.
[6] "The 31 Most Ridiculous Quotes Of 2011 So Far",http://www.endoftheamericandream.com/archives/the-31-most-ridiculous-quotes-of-2011-so-far.
[7] Ibid.
[8] Ibid.
[9] "Funny and Stupid Quotes by Celebrities", http://www.fun-zen.com/funny/funny-and-stupid-quotes-by-celebrities/2011_12.
[10] Ashton Kutcher, http://www.facebook.com/Ashton/posts/10150292348557820.
[11] See Note [4].
[12] "Top 50 stupid & crazy celebrity quotes", http://www.glamourvanity.com/celebrities/they-said-what-top-50-stupid-crazy-celebrity-quotes/.
[13] See Note [6].
[14] See Note [6].
[15] See Note [6].
[16] See Note [6].
[17] See Note [6].
[18] See Note [6].
[19] "Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to claim diplomatic immunity" The Guardian, 17 June 2011, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/17/dominique-strauss-khan-diplomatic-immunity.
[20] See Note [6].
[21] "Funny (and dumb) celebrity quotes", http://funwithsmiley.blogspot.com/2011/03/funny-and-dumb-celebrity-quotes.html.
[22] "Quotations of the Year", http://www.pierpont.com.au/article.php?Chameleon-had-a-star.
[23] Ibid.
[24] See Note [1].
[25] "Top 50 stupid & crazy celebrity quotes", http://www.glamourvanity.com/celebrities/they-said-what-top-50-stupid-crazy-celebrity-quotes/.

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    Out with the inanities of 2011 and in with the inanities of 2012!
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    Mariah Carey's is the dumbest. Duh.
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    I think it was George W Bush who said " The French don't have word for entrepreneur" although some attribute the comment to John Prescott
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    Yogi Berra was a quotable machine. For example Yogi once said, "90% of this game is half mental."
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    Good stuff ... nice to see that Ms. Hilton is as eloquent as ever.
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