'Don't Tase Me, Bro' Tops 2007 Memorable Quotes

"Don't Tase Me, Bro," a phrase uttered by a college student wanting to stop campus police from throwing him out of a speech has been named as the most memorable quote of 2007 by the 'Yale Book of Quotations'.

The editor, Fred R. Shapiro, said Florida student Andrew Meyer's quote was a symbol of pop culture success, which also showed up on ringtones and T-shirts.

Here's the rest of the list:

2. Miss South Carolina's answer at Miss Teen USA, when she was asked why one-fifth of Americans couldn't locate the United States on a map (video): "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."

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

4. Shock jock Don Imus' controversial comment about the Rutgers University women's basketball team: "That's some nappy-headed hos there."

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

6. Sen. Joseph Biden, talking about Rudy Giuliani: "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11.".

7. "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody who has a 9 percent approval rating." -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, talking about Vice President Dick Cheney.

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 bathroom.

9. Biden describing presidential candidate Barack Obama: "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."

10. Former US President Jimmy Carter in an interview about George Bush: "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history."

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