Out Loud: January 18, 2008

"Giuliani's dead. I mean dead. You know what I mean?"

Katie Couric, CBS News anchor, in outtakes loaded onto the Internet

"I brag on Barack Obama in every speech I give—every single one."

Bill Clinton, who has been hit for criticizing his wife's foe, the Illinois senator running for the Democratic presidential nomination

"He's smart, and this brother also gets the street!"

Mario Van Peebles, African-American actor, talking about Obama

"In my dreams, I would be on America's Next Top Model."

Sen. Hillary Clinton, appearing on the Tyra Banks Show

"I pick out my own suits and my own ties. Thank you for the compliment about the ties."

President Bush, answering a question during an Ask the White House Internet chat

Sources: My Damn Channel, Examiner (2), New York Times, Houston Chronicle