“Well, I was standing on stage because I was really excited because I had just won the award. And then I was really excited because Kanye West was on stage. And then I wasn’t so excited anymore after that.’’ -- Country singer TAYLOR SWIFT, on artist Kanye West’s tirade on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards
“There is only so much lipstick you can put on a pig. It’s still a pig.’’ -- State Representative ELIZABETH POIRIER of North Attleborough on the House’s decision to allow Governor Patrick to appoint an interim senator, calling the process hypocritical
“I don’t know how they can treat people like that.’’ -- LUCINE WILLIAMS, 41, a house keeper at the Hyatt Regency Boston who recently lost her job to outsourcing
“I got my chance, and I didn’t miss it.’’ -- Iraqi shoe-thrower MUNTAZER AL-ZAIDI on his lob at President Bush during a press conference last year, after his release from prison this week
“This is like executive chefs fighting over a can of Spam.’’ -- Aviation consultant MIKE BOYD, on the fracas between Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and AirTran Airways to win over customers flying from Boston to Baltimore
“This could have happened in any city, in any university, or in any workplace.’’ -- Yale University president RICHARD LEVIN, on the murder of researcher Annie Le
“I don’t know why she would have felt threatened.’’ -- Tennis player SERENA WILLIAMS, on her outburst to a linesman at the US Open who called Williams out on a controversial foot fault during the deciding point in the women’s semifinal
“The senator needs glasses to read, and his hair is turning gray. Don’t take away one of the few remaining momentos of his youth.’’ -- Adviser ERIC FEHRNSTROM, on state Senator Scott Brown posing nude for Cosmo magazine in 1982 
