"There's a lot of change in this country for adults, but not really for kids - they're on the front lines."
Professor Karleen Jiminez Pendleton, commenting on Canada’s national survey into homophobia in schools, led by Winnipeg University (Canada.com 27-01-08)
"I'm going to stand outside of any public memorial service that he has here.
"And then the other place I'm going to picket him is when they prop him up to worship his dead, rotting carcass further at the Oscars. I'll be right outside by the red carpet."
Sandra Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church on Heath Ledger (ABC News 25-01-08)
“Well, he knew how to quit you.”
Referring to Heath Ledger, John Gibson, presenter on Fox News (owned by Rupert Murdoch) corrupts his character’s line from Brokeback Mountain: “I knew how to quit you” to make a homophobic and tasteless joke (Queerty 28-01-08)
“I’m sorry if some of you found my remarks offensive.”
Gibson’s subsequent non-apology (same).