The success we have seen - in reimagining British-Irish relations and in establishing peace in Northern Ireland - is not the end, but only the beginning of what we can achieve together. - The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, addressing the Westminster parliament.
Aren't you embarrassed coming in here and repeating promises you made 10 years ago?
- Fine Gael's Enda Kenny to the Taoiseach during the televised debate between the two party leaders.
Nobody has mentioned the elephant in the sitting room, but whatever way you cut it Sinn Féin are going to hold the balance of power. I think people who have been slow to shake Gerry Adams's hand before the election will be giving him a bear hug after the election.
- Ivan Yates, Fine Gael TD turned bookmaker.
There were occasions when it was passed around and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale.
- Minister for Finance Brian Cowen, asked if he smoked cannabis during his youth.
It's your friends calling to tell you not to make a fool of yourself.
- Tánaiste Michael McDowell during an argument with the Green Party's John Gormley in Ranelagh, Dublin, when Mr Gormley's phone rang.
You are the one who has been making a fool of yourself. You've gone ga-ga over the last couple of weeks.
- Mr Gormley's response.
We don't want to see Sinn Féin bums on ministerial seats just for the craic.
- Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams.
The trouble is I don't understand the language. I don't really understand what a website is.
- Justice Peter Openshaw, who is hearing an "internet terrorism" trial in the UK, says he has no idea what a website is.
In the 21st century it's not just about tanks and artillery.
- Nato spokesman James Appathurai as Estonia is bombarded by internet hacker attacks.
I have concluded that it is in the best interests of those whom this institution serves for that mission to be carried forward under new leadership.
- Paul Wolfowitz resigns as head of the World Bank amid claims that his girlfriend, who worked for the bank, received favourable treatment.
It means reconnecting the severed bloodline of our people.
- South Korean minister Lee Jae-Joung, as two trains cross the border between North and South Korea, the first such trips since the 1950s.