The clients I represent are deeply, personally hurt and unhappy about the death of John Carthy. In respect of some of these gardai, it's the case that this incident will never leave them.
- Mr John Rogers SC, appearing on behalf of 25 named gardai, sergeants and inspectors, in a submission to the Oireachtas sub-committee investigating the Abbeylara shooting
It's such a beautiful, peaceful spot, isn't it?
- Ms Monica Barnes, Fine Gael TD, at the place where Mr Carthy died. Ms Barnes is a member of the sub-committee inquiring into his death
I don't hear them. I just think the press hear them.
- Laura Bush, on the mangled syntax of her husband, George W. Bush, who once claimed to be misunderestimated
Don't these people know the cattle can be cured? They need a punishment for killing them. They should be shot too.
- Mr Loseti Bois, a Masai herder, on hearing of the culling of livestock in Europe
People are hopeful we're coming out of this now . . . We may well have cracked this one.
- Mr David Byrne, EU Commissioner, on the foot-and-mouth outbreak
It is high time we stood up to those who with malice aforethought try to besmirch the brave and idealistic leaders of 1916 with the vile deeds of those responsible for the carnage at Omagh or any other tiny group that have no mandate and no prospect of any for their lunatic actions.
- The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern
I want the re-match, I want to carry on - I have pride and I will do what I always said I would, I will go out at the top.
- Former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, after his defeat by the unheralded American Hasim Rahman in Johannesburg
Only on days like today we stop and think of the service of the gardai. They too are sons and daughters of our neighbours.
- Father Jim Kennelly, at the funeral of Garda Seamus McIntyre who, along with his colleague Garda George Rice, died in a car accident while on patrol
I'm like an expensive menu. You can look at it, but you can't afford it.
- Tennis star Anna Kournikova, on her demanding standards for would-be suitors
Salman Rushdie move over. Britney Spears is here.
- A US reader, probably unfamiliar with Rushdie's work, praising Spears's novel on Amazon.com
Every incident has to be treated like the real thing because the "Real IRA" have shown they have a full range of ability.
- RUC Chief Supt Cyril Donnan, talking about the bomb threats on the North's rail]way lines
I should just let you all know that the chances of Boyzone performing together again are absolutely zero.
- Singer Ronan Keating
I think I'm going to get married at least twice, it's inevitable really.
- Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell
This should serve as a lesson to would-be plunderers.
- Philippine Interior Secretary, Mr Joey Lina, after the arrest of former president Joseph Estrada on a corruption charge
My parents sought a more just society and a better world, and their example still inspires me today.
- Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy