As happens every year, Light Reading's 2007 industry coverage produced a bounteous harvest of colorful comments and curious quips. The cream o' the crop is listed below in no particular order, conveniently arrayed as a quiz-type thing, for your holiday enjoyment. Test yourself against your friends, if you have any. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!

1) "We are Switzerland with a very powerful army."

• George W. Bush
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
• John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems

2) "We didn't get to where we are by being wimps."

• Harry Reid
• Steve Irwin
• Steve Workman, CFO, Finisar

3) "I can't get anybody to give me a rational explanation, or even an irrational explanation."

• Pee-Wee Herman
• Stephen Hawking
• Eric Buck, Analyst, Brean Murray & Co.

4) "It's not that we want to be civilly disobedient. We just don't have any other choice."

• Mohandas Gandhi
• Ted Kaczynski
• Bill Bauer, CEO, WinDBreak Cable

5) "We're not going to do anything stupid."

• Larry Craig
• Miss Teen South Carolina
• Glenn Britt, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable

6) "Lumpiness is not abnormal."

• Rosie O'Donnell
• Joseph Merrick
• Simon Leopold, Morgan Keegan & Co.

7) "I want to get bored a little."

• Alberto Gonzales
• Michael Vick
• Georgio Anania, Ex-CEO, Bookham

8) "The iPhone is a fashion item... This will be a good Christmas for everyone."

• Paris Hilton
• Dr Seuss
• Ben Wood, Director, CCS Insight

9) "[email protected]#%!"

• Queen Elizabeth II
• Mitt Romney
• Greg Casey, Former Qwest Exec

10) "Jesus Christ, this will never end."

• Simon Cowell
• Pope Benedict XVI
• Richard Currie, Chairman, BCE

11) "Happy New Year!"

• Dick Cheney
• Grandma
• Larry, Attack Monkey, Light Reading