I cannot think, looking back over 30 years of troubles and atrocities, of another family who have suffered the sort of loss that this family have suffered. The grandmother, her daughter, the granddaughter and two healthy unborn twins, all murdered in an instant by this atrocity.
- Omagh inquest coroner, Mr John Leckey, of the Monaghan and Grimes families' losses
Only they had the ability to say that the car-bomb was outside the Kells shop on Market Street, the colour and make of the car and the registration number. But they didn't do that.
- Supt William James Baxter, Omagh's most senior police officer, of the bombers
When you write about her, be kind to her.
- Bob Geldof, of his former wife, Paula Yates, who has died
This is worth fighting for. For her sake I'll go for as long as it takes to win.
- Ms Tina Hutchence, the half-sister of Michael Hutchence, who is seeking custody of her orphaned niece
I can't wait to get out of this bloody madhouse.
- Anna, during her last night in the Big Brother house
I was going to go to TV3 but I prefer working for a television station instead. Being honest I'm sticking by RTE. I'm like the captain in the Titanic, I'm going to go down with it.
- Dustin the Turkey
Brussels, Birmingham, the Burren; the same European Union, different worlds.
- Ms Sile de Valera, in a speech during which she argued against closer European integration
I might as well have got nine Ds for all the acknowledgment I received from them. I got the same yellow slip as everyone else, for the best Leaving Certificate result ever. It's a bit unreasonable.
- Ms Aodhnait Ni Fhathaigh, in a criticism of the Government for not funding the £30,000 cost of her master's degree at Oxford. Ms Ni Fhathaigh got nine A1s
European Union ministers offered us candy, but a dignified Serb will not take a lollipop.
- Zivadin Jovanovic, Yugoslav Foreign Minister, at a rally in Jagodina
I never thought it would be anything but a close race. I'm running against a formidable opponent. I am the challenger. But I'm going to win because I'm right on the issues.
- Governor George Bush, reacting to polls showing him falling behind in the presidential race
If people go out of our door feeling no worse than when they came in, our life is worthwhile - and I think that's important.
- Alice Leahy, director of Trust, an organisation that aids the homeless
This man was under serious threat of losing his life because of his stand against the drugs-dealers. He has evicted these people, and this is the price paid. It has nothing to do with the Shankill.
- PUP Assembly member, Mr David Ervine, of Mr Sandy Rice, head of security at a night-club in Bangor, who was badly injured in a booby-trap bomb attack