I was sat closer to him than you are now and I looked at the great President Bush and said to him I wanted "to be sure to be sure", and he assured me. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says President Bush told him in person that CIA rendition flights have not passed through Ireland.
The doctors said - I believe them - they don't see any other reason than poisoning. I also believe it's poisoning.
Maria Gaidar, whose father, the former Russian prime minister Yegor Gaidar, took ill at a conference in Maynooth last week.
So far, it appears this new phase will be characterised as a soft rather than a hard landing.
Despite a fall in the average price of a new house, a property crash is unlikely, says Niall O'Grady, head of marketing, Permanent TSB.
I am not sure if I want it or not, but I will accept it. I will do my duty to my country. I will do my best if I ever get the job to serve all parts of the population.
DUP leader Rev Ian Paisley on the prospect of sitting in government with Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness.
This visit will help us to find together the means and paths of peace for the good of humanity.
Pope Benedict, speaking to the grand mufti of Istanbul, after both leaders prayed at the city's Blue Mosque.
We typically ignore them and take no notice.
Kendall Myers, a senior analyst at the US state department's bureau of research and intelligence, says the US government pays little heed to what Britain thinks.
The Beatles were four characters with great charisma and personalities, which is why I signed them in the first place. I didn't sign them for their music.
The Beatles' producer, Sir George Martin, on his proteges.
You can't take out a credit card until the age of 18, you can't buy an alcoholic drink until you are 18, you can't buy cigarettes and yet you can make a decision that will have far-reaching ramifications for all of your life.
Kate Mulkerrins, director of the Rape Crisis Network, commenting on proposals to lower the age of consent from 17 to 16.
Couples who have been living together for a long time wrongly assume that they have a degree of legal protection. But they don't.
Ray Byrne, director of research at the Law Reform Commission, which has called for new legislation to give unmarried couples unprecedented legal protection.
When a family is attacked and the mother killed, a family is destroyed. It is an attack on the very basis of our society.
Fr John Ferris, at the memorial service for Latvian mother of two Baiba Saulite.
Sooner or later, disasters such as an asteroid collision or nuclear war could wipe us all out. But once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe.
Humanity must explore the cosmos if it is to have any future, says Prof Stephen Hawking.
What about that hat trick last week! Rumsfeld, the House and the Senate - ta-da! I took my clothes off.
Actor Danny DeVito celebrates the Republicans' electoral reversal on a US chat show.
The energy used in one flush is enough for an economical car to run at least 10km.
Chinese pilot Liu Zhiyuan asks passengers to resist the urge to use the loo.