This is a recruitment bonanza for al-Qaeda– Barack Obama on plans to burn copies of the Koran in Florida
It has been a tough journey. It took twists and turns and at times we turned over the car– Tipperary hurling manager Liam Sheedy on the county's road to All-Ireland triumph
It hasn't gone away and it's a danger. But it's not an immediate or clear or present danger to me– Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan on his cancer
I don't think we have seen a taoiseach who has had to sustain so much personal abuse– Lenihan on boss Brian Cowen
A pariah . . . a chancer, a rogue, a thoroughly despicable person– Ivor Callely's counsel Michael O'Higgins on the way his client had been depicted by the Seanad committee that ruled on his expenses claims
The reality is I left this country in a state where we had low national debt, where we'd full employment, where we'd low taxes and I didn't foresee Lehman's coming down and the rules changing– former taoiseach Bertie Ahern defines his legacy to the nation
So, 40 per cent of us have a maths problem. Let's look on the bright side: this means 70 per cent of us don't have a problem– Greg Butler in a letter to The Irish Timeson a survey revealing poor numeracy levels
Really, you only need one pilot. Let's take out the second pilot. Let the bloody computer fly it –Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary explains his latest idea to save costs
I was chasing after one of their uncles once upon a time. He turned me down– singer Imelda May on children seeking her autograph in Dublin's Liberties
Either they are worrying about getting their research published because of their lousy editors or they are worrying about the grants– James Watson, discoverer of the structure of DNA on why today's scientists are so cautious
No, we didn't get round to that– President McAleese, asked whether Mikhail Gorbachev had given her any advice on life as an ex-president when they met