"Smoking kills. If you"re killed, you"ve lost a very important part of your life." --Brooke Shields, during an interview to become a spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." --Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, D.C. "Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here." --former Vice-President Dan Quayle "The word "genius" isn"t applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." --Joe Theisman, former NFL football quarterback and sports analyst In celebration of mental lapses and pure idiocy, here is a collection of stupid utterances, unintentional and otherwise, from the worlds of politics, radio, television, newspapers, show business, sports, and literature-and everywhere else people can, and have, put their feet in their mouths.