There is no military solution to a problem like that in Iraq, to the insurgency of Iraq. - US general David Petraeus saying that politics, not military intervention, will bring peace to Iraq.
Convicting him of perjury was like convicting Al Capone of tax evasion or Alger Hiss of perjury. It doesn't mean they were not guilty of other crimes.
Former US diplomat Joe Wilson, following the conviction of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to the US vice-president, Dick Cheney.
He's not yet martyred.
Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah saying that Osama bin Laden is still alive.
If you have a white southern mother, or a mother from the middle states who has ancestry in the south, it doesn't strike me that that should be very surprising.
Gary Boyd Roberts, of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, on a report that US presidential hopeful Barack Obama's mother's ancestors owned slaves.
The people have spoken and now the British government must listen to those who are pledged to democracy and righteousness.
DUP leader Rev Ian Paisley after the party made gains in the North's Assembly election.
The DUP, whose mandate I respect, also must respect the mandate of the other parties, and politicians have to do what they are mandated to do.
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams calling on the DUP to enter powersharing.
As Charles Dickens says: 'It's been the best of times, the worst of times.' But I would not change my career.
Michael Jackson, meeting fans in Tokyo.
It forces us to reflect on the hardship of life and the sacrifices of the mother, who has to wake up in the night because her child is wailing.
Paola Binetti, an Italian senator and senior member of the conservative Catholic organisation Opus Dei, explaining that she uses the metal "cilice", a spiked chain designed for self-torture in the name of God.
There aren't just a few more bears. There are a hell of a lot more bears.
Biologist Mitch Taylor saying that - contrary to the widely-held belief that global warming is harming polar bears - the species is thriving.
Have you ever gotten up off the couch to get a beer for the umpteenth time and thought: 'What if instead of me going to get the beer, the beer came to me?'
John Cornwell, inventor of the "Beer Launcher", a robotic fridge which catapults cans across the room.
He's very dead right now.
Dan Buckley, president and publisher of Marvel Entertainment, on the cartoon character Captain America, who has been fatally shot by a sniper.
We introduced the cards in 1984 at a time when emigration was very high in Ireland. Sales and distribution followed the emigrant trail at the time. Over the 1990s and since 2000 there has been a very definite and steady decline in sales.
An Post, announcing that it is to stop selling St Patrick's Day cards.
I believe that Jerry McCabe was murdered, and it was only due to the intimidation of witnesses that a murder charge did not stick. If they had been convicted of murder, they'd have gone away for life, and it then would be for me to decide when they were let out.
Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Michael McDowell. The first of Garda McCabe's killers could be released this year.
I cannot believe that those who enacted the legislation would have wanted it aimed at charities.
Trócaire director Justin Kilcullen speaking after the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland ruled that a Trócaire ad breached its rules because it was "directed towards a political end".