This list is hardly definitive, but here are some quotes from the past year that stuck in our heads, turned our heads, or left us scratching our heads:

1.  “I dare you to distinguish between a prostitute and a naked society woman.”

Henri Leclerc, lawyer for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, denying that his client knowingly cavorted with prostitutes after Strauss-Kahn was accused of being involved in a prostitution ring (The New York Times).