Thanks to People magazine for this great compilation of celebrity quotes. This is what some of our favorite celebs had to say this week …

“I love Africa in general. South Africa and West Africa. They are both great countries.”
- Paris Hilton

“This is, quite simply, untrue.”
- John Mayer, responding to a New York Post gossip item that said he’s “been know to respond to online rumors,” on his blog

“There’s lot of motion in the ocean. It’s almost like riding a wave. I have to be the glass and [Karina Smirnoff] is the water.”
- Dancing With the Stars contestant Mario, on his moves

“They had to tell people to calm down.”
- Joe Jonas, on the boisterous response to the Jonas Brothers’ Dancing with the Stars performance this week

“I need a rebondir.”
- Lauren Conrad, admitting that she’d like to meet a “rebound” in Paris to help her forget Brody Jenner, on The Hills premiere, “Paris Changes Everything.”

“I flipped a couple haters at Benihana just last night.”
- Spencer Pratt, dispensing wisdom in his Radar advice column

“Say what?”
- Mariah Carey, asked if she is a fan of The Hills on the live after-show

“I’m just like them. I just happen to be a little more famous.”
- Kentucky native George Clooney, on his fellow Kentuckians

“We make web videos for Jesus.”
- Miley Cyrus