It's too big for you! – Fine Gael's Charlie Flanagan tells Tánaiste Mary Coughlan that she's not on top of her job
If you wish to throw a condescending, sexist remark across the floor of the House, that's fine – Her riposte
I never talked to the Prime Minister about his behaviour in relation to bullying No 10 staff, but of course I talk to the Prime Minister about how to get the best out of his civil servants – British cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell denying to the Commons Justice Committee that bullying occurred in 10 Downing Street
You're well travelled? No, you're well holidayed – Bill Cullen to young people on RTÉ TV's Frontlineclaiming their experience meant they had much to offer
Tell the cat to chill, we'll figure it out – Pop star Prince (allegedly) to his negotiator Keith Sarkisian who was dealing with an increasingly anxious concert promoter Denis Desmond
Let me just make this point, John, because we're not campaigning any more – US president Barack Obama to Senator John McCain during Thursday's seven-hour cross-party summit on healthcare.
Well, I'm reminded of that every day – McCain's reply
You have the charisma of a wet rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk –
Nigel Farage of Britain's anti-EU UK Independence Party displays his diplomatic skills in the European Parliament insulting EU Council president Herman Van Rompuy to his face
Let us wage jihad against Switzerland. – Quick-thinking Libyan dictator Muammar Gadafy reacts to vote by the Swiss to ban construction of minarets . . . last November
This was premeditated – Marine conservationist Richard Ellis on the state of mind of the killer whale that attacked, and killed, trainer Dawn Brancheau at Florida's SeaWorld