This Week They Said

A selection of quotes from around the world

A selection of quotes from around the world

It was a minor incident. We were expecting it. That's why I had the spare set of clothes on the bus.

- The Fine Gael leader, Mr Michael Noonan, laughs off that custard pie attack in Boyle, Co Roscommon.

Zidane is nothing special . . . His vote is no more important than the last one cast by one of my supporters.

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- French National Front leader Mr Jean-Marie Le Pen dismisses criticism from Algerian-born French footballer Zinedine Zidane.

There is still a considerable amount of stigma attached to suicide and these statements are quite hurtful.

- Suicide expert Dr John Connolly responds to the Minister for Tourism, Dr McDaid, who last week described suicide victims as "selfish bastards".

My main aim in the fight is to be professional but to kill him.

- Boxer Mike Tyson squares up for his July 8th world title fight with Lennox Lewis.

Everybody thinks he has the prettiest wife at home.

- Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger dismisses claims by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson that his team plays the most attractive football in England.

A Ceaucescu-era Olympic campus.

- Progressive Democrat election candidate Mr Michael McDowell's verdict on the Stadium Ireland project.

Very good news.

- British National Party leader Mr Nick Griffin, after the party won three council seats in Burnley, scene of widespread race riots last year.

One of these children will wave the flag over a Palestinian state.

- The Palestinian leader, Mr Yasser Arafat, emerges defiant from his Ramallah headquarters after the Israeli siege.