Small in stature, massive in achievement, larger than life. - Fr Eoghan Haughey, who presided at the funeral of his brother Charles Haughey.
For every accolade that can be put on the credit side, sadly there is a debit side.
- Former Labour party leader Ruairí Quinn on Haughey's difficult legacy.
He looked very drawn and, I would say, tired.
- RTÉ's Charlie Bird reports on viewing Haughey's open coffin at Our Lady of Consolation Church in Donneycarney.
This is not a retirement. It is a re-ordering of my priorities.
- Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who is to step back from running the firm to focus on charity projects.
Our magic square became a triangle.
- Jose Roberto Torero, a soccer writer from Sao Paulo, after a sluggish display by star striker Ronaldo throws Brazil's World Cup game plan into confusion.
I can't imagine violence, perhaps a little rudeness.
- Mary Christian Bailey of Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, settled by descendants of the Bounty mutineers in 1856, says plans by Australia to exert closer control over the territory will be resisted - but not too strongly.
We will look at all options including, if necessary, random inspections.
- Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern says random inspections may be conducted on US aircraft after cleaners found a manacled marine on board a military charter flight at Shannon airport.
We didn't realise they were shooting, it was like crackers.
- Oupa Moloto recalls the brutal state crackdown against students who took to the streets of Soweto in a landmark protest against apartheid 30 years ago this week.
If people say there's got to be no violence in order for this to be a successful experience then it's not going to happen.
- President George Bush acknowledges Iraq's transition to democracy will not be entirely smooth.
She knew she had another mother, but they told her some nasty things about me. It's going to be a rough trip for both of us.
- Helen Braun, reunited with her daughter Rebekah Ann, 10 years after she was snatched as a toddler from her home in the US.
The President just came to see me . . . and she was surprised to find that I am still alive!
- Former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela after meeting President Mary McAleese in Mozambique.
If England and Spain get to the World Cup final, who are we going to support?
- Sinn Féin chief negotiator Martin McGuinness addressing an audience of Basque separatists in Spain.
I want to be famous, too. But I want to be a pianist, not a tsar.
- Music student Josef Dzhugashvili, named after his great great grandfather - better known to the world as Josef Stalin - who is playing to packed houses in Georgia.
It's not because the pubs are great, the golf is great and the climate is, well... The fact is, it's tax.
- Tony O'Reilly tells the Financial Times that Ireland's economic miracle can be attributed to the corporate tax rate of 12.5 per cent.