He's one of the only people who can do this in the world.
- Jane Felix-Brown, wife of Osama bin Laden's son Omar. Her husband wants to be an "ambassador of peace" between Muslims and the West.
I wish to express my profound apologies and deep regret to Mark and Majella Holohan and to their family for causing to them the loss of their beloved Robert . . . I realise and accept that nothing which I may do or say will ever ease their suffering. I feel and carry the burden of guilt for my actions each day.
- Wayne O'Donoghue addresses the media. He was released from prison after serving three years of his manslaughter sentence for the death of 11- year-old neighbour Robert Holohan.
We won the elections, so we do not see the point for anyone coming to mediate powersharing.
- John Michuki, a minister in the Kenyan government, ahead of a visit by Kofi Annan. The former UN secretary general will broker talks between the president and opposition parties, who protest the elections were rigged.
My life is more precious than any job.
- Shihab Hamad, a former member of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party, suspects a new law allowing former Ba'athists to take up government jobs is a plot to track them down.
Like a rising tide, globalisation cannot be rejected. In a world of change, woe is he who stagnates.
- Tony Blair, former British prime minister, at a meeting in France. Blair is believed to be considering putting himself forward as the EU's first president.
Musharraf has destroyed Pakistan. The whole of Pakistan is drowned in blood.
- Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif on President Pervez Musharraf.
Whether it's torture by anybody else's definition, for me it would be torture.
- Mike McConnell, America's director of national intelligence, says "waterboarding", the controversial interrogation technique, should be classified as torture.
We are going to see more demonstrations. The underlying grievances have not been addressed.
- Mark Canning, UK ambassador to Burma, predicts further protests against the country's military dictatorship.
In April of 1958, people were standing around the block at department stores that were waiting to get their shipment. By September, you couldn't give them away. Once every household had two or three, it was over because they lasted forever.
- Chuck Knerr, son of Hula Hoop inventor Richard Knerr, who died this week, recalls the short-lived fad for the toy.
Now is the moment for decision and action; drift is not an option.
- Paul Mackay, a founder of the Progressive Democrats, calls on the party to either pull out of Government as the first step in a revival strategy or else dissolve itself forthwith.
At this point in my career I wish to return to full-time club management and therefore reluctantly have decided against the opportunity to manage my country at this point.
- David O'Leary declines to be interviewed for the post of Ireland soccer manager.
The way it looks now, it could end up in the convention. It's fascinating if you're a political junkie.
- Ron Schmidt , South Dakota's Republican national committeeman, says the increasingly unpredictable Republican primary race might not result in a nominee before the September convention .
It's a lot easier to change the constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God.
- Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on his wish for constitutional amendments to outlaw abortion and same-sex marriage in the US.
Recessions do not come about smoothly. There is usually a discontinuity in the market and the data of the past few weeks could be seen in this way.
- Former US Fed chairman Alan Greenspan amid fears of a world recession.