No comment
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- For the album by Front 242, see No Comment (album).
No comment is a phrase used as a response to journalistic inquiries which the respondent does not wish to answer. Public figures may decline to comment on issues they are questioned about if they wish to avoid having a stated opinion about the matter on the record, or if they simply have nothing to say about the issue at the time.
No Comment is the name of a post-punk group from Split, Croatia [1]
No Comment is the name of a book of cartoons by Nurit Karlin, ISBN 0684157942 [2]
No Comment is also the name of a co-ed a cappella group from the University of Illinois. [3]
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[edit] Notable uses of No comment
- "No comment" is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again. - Winston Churchill, unknown date[1]
- No comment.... in glorious Technicolor! - Harold Wilson, 1963, When asked for a statement on an unfolding scandal.
- I don't believe in that "no comment" business. I always have a comment. - Martha Beall Mitchell[2]
[edit] Fictional references
- From the film Notting Hill.
Max: You haven't slept with her, have you?
William: That is a cheap question and the answer is, of course, no comment.
Max: "No comment" means "yes."
William: No it doesn't.
Max: Do you ever masturbate?
William: DEFINITELY no comment.
Max: You see? It means "yes."
[edit] See also
- EuroNews, which has a segment titled "No Comment"
[edit] References
- ^ Winston Churchill Quotes. BrainyQuote. Retrieved on 2006-06-10.
- ^ Quoted by Nigel Rees in his book Why Do We Say ...? (1987), ISBN 0-7137-1944-3