With mere hours left in 2009, LL has finished his rundown of the 23 most momentous and meaningful quotes of the year. But there's a few others that didn't quite warrant a more expanded treatment:

"We want to encourage you to be close to elected officials in this city." —Neil Albert, then deputy mayor for planning [...]

“I don't need anyone to finance my campaign for me. I'm gonna eliminate this environment of pay-to-play."
—megadeveloper R. Donahue Peebles, Dec. 16

"Your office will be well-counseled to bring [the contracts] back to us as expeditiously as possible....This is not a water-under-the-dam moment."
—At-Large Councilmember David A. Catania, Oct. 30

"For her to make comments like that, it’s stupid....She’s an angry woman.”
—Attorney General Peter Nickles, Oct. 25

"I was mistreated. Not only me, but my entire heritage....If Marion Barry was a white person and I was a black person, there would be riots in the streets right now."
—Ximena Hartsock, parks and recreation director, Oct. 10

"Maybe we ought to just disband this council. Why did we spend hours working on a budget...only for you to second-guess us?"
—D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, Oct. 29

"I don’t know the details of any scheduling."
—Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Sept. 3

"There's a better way to serve than having a referendum on my personality, my cockiness, my arrogance."
—attorney A. Scott Bolden, Sept. 1

"You put me out in Denver 'cause I wouldn't suck your dick."
—Donna Watts-Brighthaupt, ex-Barry paramour, mid-June

"If you put me back in there today, I could get each of you a check."
—tax scammer Harriette Walters, June 30

"I truly believe Metro is a safe system."
—John Catoe, Metro general manager, June 22

"You know I need it. That's why I take it, you know."
—Ted Loza, chief of staff to Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham, June 19

"This is the anti-prison."
—Vincent Schiraldi, director of youth rehabilitation services, May 29

“He is if I let him.”
—Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, May 26

"I am a politician who is moral."
—Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry, April 28