If a cat may look on a king, so can a kitty
- Author Kitty Kelley introduces The Royals, her expose of the House of Windsor
Those that walk out leave the Union undefended. The UUP will ensure that the Union is defended
- UUP leader David Trimble on why he will enter peace talks
If this guy [Henri Paul] was not pissed we might still be following her [Diana] and making f. . .g money . . . I would doorstep Prince William if it pays the rent
- Paparazzo Colm Pierce
I've had a phone call from Nana Mouskouri and she's coming over to campaign for me
- Mary Banotti promises more music on the presidential campaign
I would like to think that a woman, a woman with my background of greatness, and we all have our own greatness, would have something to offer to the country
- Prof Mary McAleese, who won the Fianna Fail presidential nomination
I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world/Life in plastic, it's fantastic/you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
- Danish band Aqua's tribute to the Barbie doll is poised to top the US charts
You're my doll, rock and roll/Feel the glamour and the pain/Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky
- Barbie's plastic companion, Ken, responds
That's very nice, son, but there's enough of these Americanisms around. Couldn't you sing `She loves you. Yes! Yes! Yes!'?
- Paul McCartney describes his father's verdict on first hearing She Loves You
Oi, Mr Rendel, can I show you how?
- Woman to David Rendel, MP for Newbury, as he failed to dismantle the 10 ft Greenham Common perimeter fence
You have to hang out in as many low-life locations as you can . . . the drug addicts and football hooligans have always been very nice, though
- Tony Thorne, editor of Bloomsbury's Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, on his research technique
Boys are born knowing (and girls soon find out) that possession of a penis is all the label you need for life
- Author Clare Boylan ponders gender definitions
My husband has been in Parliament for 14 years and he's never been in Opposition, so there's this huge period of adjustment. He's like someone who's come out of long-term care
- Gail Lilley, wife of Peter Lilley, former British Social Security Secretary
Superman as a modern hero is someone who performs miracles, saving people from almost certain death. Super woman, on the other hand, is a woman with big rings round her eyes and broken nails who is trying to look after a number of children and hold down a job
- Business woman, Nicola Horlick
It will be the most expensive roomful of hot air ever in the history of this country
- Tory leader William Hague, on the Welsh Assembly
I suffered a far greater deprivation when they withdrew my complimentary Sky smartcard, which unscrambles the various channel pictures on satellite TV
- Former London Times editor, Andrew Neil, on being banned from appearing on Sky TV and getting his priorities right
If we'd won it, we'd have been hearing for years about the `back-door' All-Ireland
- A Tipperary hurling supporter looks on the bright side
It's a way of saying thank you for the Flower Pot Men
- David Bowie, who along with many other pop stars has released Lou Reed's Perfect Day in appreciation of the BBC