I'm not answering what I got for my Holy Communion money, my Confirmation money, what I got for my birthday, what I got for anything else. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern speaking after it emerged that the Mahon tribunal is to look into payments he received
The Government doesn't need this massive flow of stamp duty from house purchases.
Tánaiste Michael McDowell mooting a radical reform of stamp duty.
We have made a new beginning.
Rabbi Walter Jacob, who last week ordained three rabbis in Germany - the first to be ordained there since the Nazi era and the Holocaust.
It's hard to be very diplomatic about this when you have so much emotion involved, when my wife is involved like this.
Tiger Woods, who was angered by the publication of fake topless pictures of his wife.
It's a text-book case of how to screw up a counter-insurgency.
Capt Leo Docherty, who quit as a senior member of the British task force in southern Afghanistan, insisting that the campaign against the Taliban was being dangerously mishandled.
"Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age."
What Pakistan's president, Gen Pervez Musharraf, claims the White House told him to expect if he decided not to co-operate with America's "war on terror".
Our generation has inherited an incredibly beautiful world from our parents and they from their parents. It is in our hands whether our children and their children inherit the same world.
Tycoon Richard Branson pledging $3 billion to combat global warming by helping to develop alternative energy technologies.
The bottom line is we don't need the bomb. Some people think you can deal with problems through the bomb, and they are wrong.
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, insisting during his visit to New York to attend the UN General Assembly that his country does not harbour dreams of becoming a nuclear power.
It feels like a normal day here. Nothing is different.
Nuttawee Chotsawat, a shop assistant in Thailand, which was the scene of a military coup this week.
It smells of sulphur here, but God is with us and I embrace you all.
Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, suggesting on his arrival in New York to attend the UN General Assembly that George W. Bush was "the devil himself".
The United States should not be afraid to talk to anyone.
Former US president Bill Clinton saying that the White House should negotiate with Iran.
Global warming is causing significant harm to California's environment, economy, agriculture and public health. It is time to hold these companies responsible for their contribution to this crisis.
Bill Lockyer, attorney general for the state of California, which is suing America's six largest car-makers for their contribution to global warming.
What most people tell you is that the situation in Iraq as far as torture is concerned is now totally out of hand. The situation is so bad many people say it is worse than in the times of Saddam Hussein.
Manfred Nowak, the UN's chief anti-torture campaigner, saying that more people are being tortured in Iraq now than when Saddam was in power.
We're not dealing with world peace. We're not dealing with Aids in Africa. We are playing a contest. We're playing a game, which is an important game, and everybody is passionate about it. They want to win, but at the end of the day it is just a game.
US Ryder Cup team captain Tom Lehman.