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Well as the year ends, lists of things that have happened come out. Here I would like the share with you the top 10 of the most memorable quotes of 2007. Here they are in traditional least to most:

10. "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." -- Former President Jimmy Carter in an interview in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper.

9. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." -- Biden describing rival Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

8. "(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom." -- Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig's explanation of why his foot touched that of an undercover policeman in a men's room.

7. "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody (Vice President d**k Cheney) who has a 9 percent approval rating." -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat.

6. "There's only three things he (Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani) mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11." -- Sen. Joseph Biden, speaking at a Democratic presidential debate.

5. "I don't recall." -- Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' repeated response to questioning at a congressional hearing about the firing of U.S. attorneys.

4. "That's some nappy-headed hos there," -- Shock Jock Don Imus commenting about the Rutgers University women's basketball team

3. "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country." -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comment at Columbia University

2. "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us." -- Lauren Upton, the South Carolina contestant in the Miss Teen America when asked why one-fifth of Americans are unable to locate the United States on a map

And... the most memorable quote of 2007 is...

1. "Don't Tase Me, Bro." -- U.S. college student used it seeking to stop campus police from throwing him out of a speech by Sen. John Kerry