There are always young people coming and going from Ireland. Some of them are emigrants in the traditional sense, but simply there are people who want to get off the island. For a lot of people going, it's not being driven by unemployment at all. It's being driven by wanting to see another part of the world. – Minister for Finance Michael Noonan on emigration as a lifestyle choice.
It was me that done it. I'm blaming nobody else, not company directors or family. It was me and me alone. – Seán Quinn accepts sole responsibility for the gamble on Anglo Irish Bank that cost him his fortune.
Our hopes and prayers last night was that Kevin would return and he has returned in good condition – actually you would think he was only asleep. I've heard stories of people who have had tragedies and they don't get the bodies back, so it's a good thing mixed with the sadness of the tragedy as well. – Patrick Kershaw after the body of his son Kevin (21) was recovered from the wreck of the trawler Tit Bonhomme.
I said to him "we've been married a long time". And I just stared at him and he said, "but you want me all to yourself. Callista doesn't care what I do" . . . He was asking to have an open marriage and I refused . . . that I accept the fact that he has somebody else in his life. – Marianne Gingrich claims her former husband, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, asked for an open marriage.
Every person in here has had someone close to them go through painful things. To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine. – Newt Gingrich blames the media.
You go up that pilot ladder, get on that ship and tell me how many people are still on board. And what they need. Is that clear? You need to tell me if there are children, women or people in need of assistance. And tell me the exact number of each of these categories. Is that clear? Listen Schettino, that you saved yourself from the sea, but I am going to . . . really do something bad to you . . . I am going to make you pay for this. – An Italian coast guard officer telling the captain of the Costa Concordiato return to the capsized ship.