The danger posed by war to all of humanity - and to our planet - is at least matched by the climate crisis and global warming. I believe that the world has reached a critical stage in its efforts to exercise responsible environmental stewardship. - New UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon warns of the formidable threat of climate change.
Everything is just getting a hammering. There are few exceptions.
- An unnamed Dublin trader as a stock market slump wipes €1.5 billion off Irish share values in a single day.
The government is like the Tower of Pisa - it leans but doesn't fall.
- Italian justice minister Clemente Mastella after the Italian senate narrowly passed a vote of confidence in prime minister Romano Prodi's fragile government.
We believe . . . it was time to bring this progression to a close and equalise fully.
- All England Club chairman Tim Phillips on why the Wimbledon tennis tournament will begin paying men and women equal prize money for the first time this year.
It will be something very beautiful, very private, very over-the-top and very pink.
- Patrick Simpson, who organised Anna Nicole Smith's memorial service.
Obama is inspirational, and he's not from the Bush royal family or the Clinton royal family.
- Millionaire David Geffen in support of Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for US president.
I don't get sucked into all that nonsense. I know I've won the award, but I have to be honest and say it irritates me a little. These sort of awards always did.
- Sunderland manager Roy Keane is unimpressed at winning a manager of the month award.
I should have used the word "sacrificed", as I have in the past. No one appreciates and honours more than I do the selfless patriotism of American servicemen and women in the Iraq war.
- Republican presidential candidate John McCain regrets saying that American lives had been "wasted" in Iraq.
I don't think too many Christians will buy into it.
- Claims that the limestone coffin of Jesus Christ has been identified in Jerusalem are dismissed by Bishop of Cork and Ross Dr John Buckley.
Everyone is so happy. He sounds very well. We had begun to think he was dying and slowly he is recovering. He is almost back to being the Fidel we were used to.
- Getrudis Oliveira, a Cuban schoolteacher, after Fidel Castro appears on state television.
Iran has not suspended . . . enrichment-related activities.
- A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran.
The idea that I'd go in and threaten someone is an invalid misreading of the way I do business.
- US vice-president Dick Cheney dismisses claims that he "went in to beat up on" Pakistan's president, Gen Pervez Musharraf, for failing to confront al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
This is not going to go away overnight.
- Prof Brendan Drumm, head of the Health Service Executive, says the potentially fatal MRSA superbug will remain a serious threat in Irish hospitals for at least the next five years.
Could you double-check the envelope?
- Martin Scorsese is named best director at the Oscars, 26 years after his first nomination for Raging Bull.