If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade the world will drift towards tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.
- President Bush addresses the Republican party convention in New York.
I have knocked on the door of this man's soul and found someone home.
- Zell Miller, Democratic senator, endorses President Bush.
It was said I would create havoc on the backbenches. I would do no such thing.
- Minister for Defence Michael Smith, amid speculation that he is about to be dropped in a Cabinet reshuffle.
These people are not human. They have no scruples. They should be shot.
- Aza Ezaev, whose niece was among the estimated 350 hostages at Beslan school in Russia's Northern Caucuses
I saw young and old people arriving into A&E having consumed a lot of drink. If they had been drinking pints they could tell you how many pints they had had, but if they had been drinking spirits or sharing a bottle of vodka, they could never be as specific.
- Dr Joe Elias, the entrepreneur behind the controversial Original Bullseye Baggies - 30 ml, or one shot, of vodka in a cellophane pouch.
It was incredible how little security there was.
- Former priest Neil Horan, who disrupted the Olympic marathon.
An opportunity presented itself... and he walked away.
- George Chesney, a Belfast prosecuting lawyer, at the sentencing of Anthony Montgomery, who escaped police custody because there were not enough handcuffs to go around.
They emerged from the bushes at my house, ran towards me and shouted "We want you. We know you have lots of money".
- Dr Stephen Bowe, who was attacked and robbed in his home, says that by publishing his earnings, the Department of Health had made him a target for criminals.
It wasn't like he was telling all the truth - it was his truth and it was really believable.
- A US student on a "political" sightseeing tour of west Belfast in the company of Jim McVeigh, the last IRA commander in the Maze Prison.
Not bad for a small country.
- An Olympic Council of Ireland spokesman on Ireland's performance at the Athens Games.
That is a scandal. You cannot deny me the right to defend myself.
- Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, who has been told he can no longer represent himself in his war crimes trial in The Hague.
It will feel bizarre, wrong even but I have no choice. If I want to become someone in this society I have to pass exams.
- A French student as the ban on wearing Islamic headscarves to school comes into force.
You get so tired of people showing off. They come to a part of the book where they can describe something and they'll spend all day describing the waves coming in.
- Novelist Elmore Leonard.
Elderly retired school teacher seeks family willing to adopt grandfather. Will pay.
- Giorgio Angelozzi, a widowed 80-year-old in Italy, places a newspaper advert in an attempt to beat loneliness.
In a society with so much violence and stupidity, the conventions are an oasis where you can find genuinely good people who believe in humanity and respect the rights of others.
- Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov in Star Trek says the show's fans are an example to the rest of us.