Of course, I am disappointed. I wanted to be in the Assembly because that is where Ulster's future will be decided.
- UUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson after his party refused to allow him to stand in the Assembly election
During a free concert given by Bono of U2, David Trimble - now featured as a radical - did a jig with the blessed John Hume and was redeemed from his Drumcree role when, as a "red-faced triumphalist," he danced with a different partner to a different tune.
- Robert McCartney, leader of the UK Unionist Party
She is very foolish to do what she is doing, I don't think the people of Northern Ireland will take kindly to it. She has become a parrot.
- DUP leader Dr Ian Paisley criticising Queen Elizabeth for welcoming the Belfast Agreement
It displays him as a Dubliner with a heart of gold. What about the people lying in graves because of him?
- A Liveline caller criticises Cannes winner John Boorman's film of Dublin criminal Martin Cahill, The General
He [Martin Cahill] was a fascinating man, an extremely entertaining character, but it is a balanced picture. I was very careful about this in writing the film.
- Boorman's response
I tell you, Mrs Dwyer, I never touched your son. I look directly into your eyes. I never set it up. I never killed your son. That's the truth to God.
- Joe Delaney, who is to be retried for the murder of Mark Dwyer
Can we not pay with punts? Sure we're on the way to a united Ireland now.
- A west Belfast GAA fan tries it on at Casement Park
The office of the President told me they had to remain neutral but they wished me and my mother all the best and one week later my mother was dead and I was in jail.
- Gerrit Isenborger, given a four-year suspended sentence this week for shooting the Cavan County Sheriff and two bailiffs when they went to evict him and his terminally-ill mother
I'm not happy much. I'm happy playing and fishing. I'd hoy all the medals I've ever won into the lake, if it meant I could catch a salmon.
- Paul Gascoigne
I've tried to write lyrics for the common man, or to put it another way, the thicko.
- Ian McCulloch, composer of England's World Cup song
Over 30,000 patients are waiting on hospital lists at the moment . . . Because they are poor, they are denied medical attention to the point when some of them die as a result of their poverty.
- Ms Liz McManus (DL)
At Easter time he started to act weird. He came home and told me he was Jesus Christ. That was really the first shock.
- A wife giving evidence at a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing to determine if her husband is fit to stand trial for assault
Michelle is entitled to the benefit of the reasonable doubt in this case, and we have called on FINA today to abandon this whole procedure.
- Michelle de Bruin's legal representative, Mr Peter Lennon, on confirmation that the second part of a random urine sample she submitted showed signs of tampering
£30,000 is the largest contribution I have received during any election campaign.
- Mr Ray Burke explaining the Gogarty donation to the Dail last September, a month before his resignation
We've got matching dogs, matching watches, similar wardrobes, matching Jags. I like all that. I know it's really tacky but it makes me laugh.
- Posh Spice, Victoria Adams, discussing fiance, Manchester United star David Beckham