GUBU is back in town - Michael Noonan, Fine Gael, to the Taoiseach
The State Duma appeals to Monica Lewinsky to undertake corresponding measures to restrain the emotions of Bill Clinton. - A motion in the Russian parliament, urging her to intervene personally with the President to stop Desert Fox
We've got used to being hit. Last night wasn't even like it was in 1991 - that was really destructive. This one didn't shake us. - Baghdad shopkeeper Hussein Adi
Never underestimate a desperate president - New York Republican Representative Gerald Solomon
I wonder if you thought, as the bleeding women and children were carried into hospitals, that those who were diminished and degraded were not the Iraqis, but us - by being reduced to being a tail on this verminous and mangy Desert Fox - Labour MP George Galloway, addressing Tony Blair in the Commons
[Clinton] has shown the courage to do the right thing and he has my full support.
- Mr Blair
Can I ask the Taoiseach if it is the case that when he was Minister for Finance, he appointed the appeals commissioner concerned, without advertisement, and that he is his brother-in-law? - Mr Pat Rabbitte (DL) on the dismissal of Mr Charles Haughey's tax assessment of about £2 million
The individual concerned, the appeals commissioner, is my brother-in-law, Ronan Kelly, who dealt with this particular case. There was no involvement of me. - Mr Ahern
I think possibly one reason why Gay and the show stayed up there for so long unassailably was that there were never any ordinary people as far as the Gay Byrne Show was concerned. They were all special. - Former Taoiseach Charles Haughey on the veteran broadcaster
If I'd known I was half as popular, not only would I have stayed but I would have asked for more money. - Gay Byrne who retires from his radio show this month
You do not seem to appreciate the enormity of what you have done . . . you are not a demon . . . you are a human being who did a dreadful evil thing. - Mr Justice John Quirke to the rapist at the centre of the C case
David Trimble is not a matter for Belfast County. Dennis Rogan would be, and that's a matter for the private lodge. - Belfast Orange Order spokesman on moves to discipline Mr Trimble and Mr Rogan for attending a Catholic funeral Mass for victims of the Omagh bombing
All those new backs out there: you don't know whether to pat them or stab them. - Entertainer at the Labour- DL merger celebrations
There is a strong argument that the right place for Mr Charles Haughey is in jail. - Irish Times editorial
At the time I thought he was basically a fruit-and-nut case. - Gary Ryan gives evidence at the trial of David Murphy, who is accused of murdering his wife