On "Spill Baby, Spill":

"I'm pissed off this week because the Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of Texaco." -Bill Maher

"This is the plan: to contain the oil slick with fire-retardant beams and then set fire to the oil that pools up on the surface. They say if it works there in the Gulf, they're going to try it on the cast of 'Jersey Shore.'" -Bill Maher

"It was just a crappy week for America: The oil spill making a huge mess, and Arizona deporting all the people who mop up." -Bill Maher

"There are risks associated with anything. And I think the proper role of policy is to balance the risks for the maximum benefit for the entire population." -John Bolton

"I'd be delighted not to pay global oil prices to adversaries of the United States. But, as a practical matter, you need something else." -John Bolton

"I'm mad at the people who go, 'Drill, Baby, Drill.' And, by the way, they should turn up on the Gulf Coast and start cleaning up the birds with their 'Drill, Baby, Drill' tee shirts." -Bill Maher

"The last, huge, famous oil spill was the Exxon Valdez. It wasn't an offshore drilling platform - it was a tanker ship. And if we don't get our oil from offshore drilling platforms, we get it from tanker ships." -Ross Douthat

"To move to get a bipartisan energy policy is a big step for America." -Laura Tyson

"Would you rather have some wind farms off of the Cape Cod coast, or would you rather have an oil spill? And I think that's the great teaching moment here: It's a lot better to have a wind farm. Where would you rather live right now?" -Chris Matthews

"That I think the wind farm thing does look fantastic this week, because now we know what oil costs in terms of the environment in our face. You know, it's very hard to sell climate change to people. It's a concept. But, here's a reality. Mankind is destroying his environment, his habitat. Right in front of us." -Chris Matthews

"We heard a lot this week about the banks - oil companies are worse than banks. They're also 'too big to fail.' And their cost to society is also, just like the banks, too great for society to sustain." -Bill Maher

"The price of oil and oil products in the United States, as you know, is a fraction of what it is in other countries that don't have the environment to build solar or wind the way we do; but they do it because the price of oil is so high." -Laura Tyson

On Big Brother:

"If Americans gave a rat's ass about privacy, would they be Twittering about their menstrual cycles? I don't think so." -Bill Maher

On Iran:

"The Bush and the Obama administrations have both believed that Iran could be talked out of its nuclear weapons program. That was a mistake under Bush. It's a mistake under Obama." -John Bolton

On Going Green:

"What is it going to take for America to understand that even if we don't believe in global warming, the rest of the world does? And they're making money off of green technology." -Bill Maher

"I believe in global warming; I'm not sure I always believe in green jobs, though." -Ross Douthat

"China is spending $300 billion on high-speed rail...We're trying to get one from L.A. to Vegas." -Bill Maher

On The Economy:

"I am saying the politics a year ago, people were worried about the economy and the economy going in the tank. Now, the focus is shifting. They're still worried about that, but they are deeply worried about the deficit and the debt." -Laura Tyson

"There's a difference between just paying debts off and building things that will bring profits for futures." -Chris Matthews

"If there is something with a price tag of $787 billion, I want to see a little railroad track." -Bill Maher, referring to the Stimulus Bill

On Wall Street vs. Main Street:

"There's no difference between Wall Street and Main Street? Some people are making $500 million a year, and some people - a lot of people - are trying to get a second job at a yogurt shop." -Bill Maher

"A reformed financial system, which is what we're talking about now in the Congress, is something that actually the strength of Main Street depends upon. A good, strong financial system lends people money for investment, helps people manage risk. This was not what was going on in the unregulated, betting scene that we had." -Laura Tyson

"Republicans are generally richer. Why aren't they madder at Wall Street? Because they're the ones who got taken, too." -Bill Maher

On Immigration:

"Latinos are going to be profiled...not racially - but by what they're wearing. This is literally 'the fashion police.'" -Bill Maher

"Well, you know, the thing about immigration is - actually, the solution is not that complicated...The problem is, this is an issue perfect for the demagogic mosh pit that is our political debate right now." -Rep. Anthony Weiner

On Partisanship:

"We are governing, basically, in a one-party country right now. The Republicans have basically outsourced any responsibility for these things." -Rep. Anthony Weiner

"Voting 'no' on stuff is always easier. It's a much easier place to defend." -Rep. Anthony Weiner

"The real problem we have is when the Supreme Court said that money equals speech, and you really can't limit what someone does and contributes, that becomes the foundation for a real problematic system." -Rep. Anthony Weiner

"It's not necessarily that the money leads us to vote one way or the other. It's just when a member of Congress has to spend five hours a day sitting on the phone calling rich people and begging them for money, that's five hours that they're not out there trying to form compromise and trying to get stuff done." -Rep. Anthony Weiner

"This is one of the things that President Obama needs to be reminded: bipartisanship is a means, not an end. We won the election because our positions are more popular with the American people. Their positions are less popular." -Rep. Anthony Weiner

"Charlie Crist - you know, it's a secret from some people in the media, he's an awful, awful politician." -Ross Douthat

"[Crist] is a bad politician because he supports aid coming to his state in the stimulus, he supports protecting Social Security and supports reasonable immigration policies? That makes a good politician. That might make you outside the orthodoxy of the Republican Party; but that's a problem with the party, not with the guy." -Rep. Anthony Weiner

"[Republicans] have no policy agenda going forward. I almost think they don't want to win, because if they won, they would have no idea what to do." -Laura Tyson

"You were going to have a really boring, two-way race in Florida; now you're going to have a ménage-a-trois." -Chris Matthews

On A Republican "Litmus Test":

"If you don't hate Obama, you're not a Republican today." -Chris Matthews

"You have to hate [President Obama] and question whether he was born here, and question whether he's not a socialist. And that is...the galvanizing influence that's driving the moderates out." -Laura Tyson