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Some things said in 2008 in Oklahoma bear repeating. Here are a few of them:

“I have Stipes coming out of my ears, and I can't seem to get any of them to trial.”

U.S. District Judge Ronald A. White about delays in trials for former state Sen. Gene Stipe and his brother, Francis Stipe

“We feel like we have been through a funeral.”

Girl Scout spokeswoman Crystal Baca-Slater after a 300-pound bronze statue honoring the Scouts' centennial was stolen from an Edmond park. It later was recovered.

“And so I'm wracking my brain to figure out who's fat and who's interesting that I know.”

Radio disc jockey Richard Castillo in line at a casting call for the reality show “The Biggest Loser,” describing his search for a partner to impress producers

“You'll never catch me.”

Message scrawled on a roadside memorial cross after two girls were gunned down in an unsolved slaying in Weleetka

“He might as well just reach in my back pocket and take my wallet.”

Injured corrections officer Charles Ottaway, 69 after learning his lawyer was among attorneys who deducted money from clients' workers' compensation awards and used them for political donations

“The first night I spent in this house without you, I felt so lonely.”

Deputy warden's wife Bobbi Parker in a letter written to Randolph Dial, the prison escapee she was living with, as read by an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent in Parker's preliminary hearing

“It's gonna make the Bigfoot community look real bad.”

D.W. Lee of Stilwell, founder of the Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center about claims by two Georgia men that they would produce hard evidence of the elusive man-creature Bigfoot

“There's liberty, and then there's ridiculous.” Marine Corps reservist Ray Modisette, 20 after being arrested for ignoring police orders not to confront a protestor who stuffed an American flag down her pants

“It was like there was a full moon.”

Cotton County Sheriff Paul Jefferies about a record 15 motorists originally pulled over for traffic violations who were arrested for possessing drugs, including a complete methamphetamine lab

It's amazing what some people think you don't know.”

John Tyler Hammons, 19 After defeating a 70-year-old opponent to become mayor of Muskogee

Bob Stoops is worth every penny and always has been and always will be.” University of Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione Announcing that the OU football coach could make $6 million for the year

You guys are part of something special.”

NBA Commissioner David Stern Speaking to Thunder players before the first game of Oklahoma City's first major league franchise

None of us knew what the hell we were doing.”

Barry Switzer Following a cameo on the TV drama “Saving Grace,” talking about previous appearances on the comedy “Coach” with ex-coaches Hank Stram and George Allen

Contributing: Staff Writer David Zizzo and Editorial Writer Christy Watson