Every victim within an ass's roar of the cut-off point for the offence will be subject to a very significant cross-examination on such things as whether they were wearing a short skirt or lipstick. - Minister for Justice Michael McDowell says the Supreme Court ruling on statutory rape means a new law on underage sex will have an inevitable downside for victims.
My concern is the very low-lying areas. Those areas are death traps, I don't think those areas should be rebuilt.
- With hurricane season on the way, geophysicist Tim Dixon says some parts of New Orleans are too dangerous to be inhabited again.
This might make people think twice about using pejorative phrases like "race to the bottom" when they talk about non-nationals in the workforce.
- Gerard O'Neill, chief executive of Amárach Consulting, which reports that more than half of employers find foreign national workers to be more productive than their Irish counterparts.
For the average family it's like getting an extra six months income, tax free. It's unprecedented in our modern economy.
- Justin Hughes, economist with IIB Bank, as the first SSIAs mature this week.
[ Moore] was using me as ammunition . . . I just want everybody to know what kind of a guy Michael Moore is, and what kind of film this is.
- US veteran Sgt Peter Damon, who is suing film-maker Michael Moore, claiming his views on the Iraq war were misrepresented in the film Fahrenheit 911. It featured news footage of Sgt Damon describing the terrible injuries he suffered in Iraq.
The world has been unconscionably slow in meeting one of the most vital aspects of the struggle: measures to fight the spread of Aids among women and girls. These shortcomings are deadly.
- Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general.
Knowing the outcome of the day, I found myself rooting for a different ending, hoping for a different ending, thinking that they can succeed.
- Kenny Nacke, who lost his brother Joey on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania after being hijacked on September 11th, 2001. A film based on the event has just been released.
Oh Sunni people, wake up, pay attention and prepare to confront the poisons of the Shia snakes.
- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al- Qaeda in Iraq, urges Sunnis to confront Shias.
Some time between the beginning of the next decade and the middle of the next decade they might be in a position to have a nuclear weapon, which is a cause of great concern.
- John Negroponte, the US national intelligence director, says Iran could become a nuclear power with 10 years.
I want people to treat us like human beings, not laugh or snigger when they see me.
- Asha Singh, one of India's 500,000 strong eunuch population, which is campaigning for a greater share of government jobs.
If you have a renegade band of right-wing extremists who get hold of power, the whole thing goes to the right.
- Al Gore, former US vice president turned environmentalist, criticises the Bush White House.
This was a lucky escape for the housemates. Council tax would put a serious dent in their weekly shopping bills.
- A spokesman for Endemol Productions, after officials descended on the Big Brother house to determine if it was liable for council tax.
He was a good husband, a good son and a good friend and I wanted to show him that way.
- Dojpalem Ganzorig, author of a rock opera based on the life of Genghis Khan, which has become a huge hit in Mongolia. Khan is estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of 40 million people in the 13th century.
Lesbian socialite by night and a crime fighter by later in the night.
- DC Comics announces Batwoman is to be reborn - with a 21st-century twist.