They just thought they could take a wrecking ball to me and see if they could do some damage.
- President Clinton, on the lawyers ranged against him in the Paula Jones case, during his grand jury testimony
From the tone of your voice and the way you are asking questions here, it is obvious that [it seems to you that] this is the most important thing in the world and that everyone was focused on the details at that time.
- President Clinton with annoyance, again on the Jones case
You are dealing with, in some ways, the most mysterious area of human life. I am doing the best I can to give you honest answers.
- Mr Clinton, questioned about his definition of a sexual relationship
He's a dirty old man, but he is still a good President.
- Former Tory MP Edwina Currie on Bill Clinton
I was going to wear it on Thanksgiving [with] my cousins, who I always try to look skinny for because they are all skinny.
- Monica Lewinsky's motive for keeping the semen-stained dress
No one asked or encouraged me to lie, but no one discouraged me either.
- Lewinsky
Terrifying in its unchecked totalitarianism, its pointless voyeurism.
- The French tabloid France-Soir, on the questioning of Mr Clinton
Kenneth Starr, now unveiled as the nation's No 1 pornographer, is far more widely despised than Mr Clinton.
- Arthur Schlesinger, distinguished historian of the American presidency
If he had a three-man deputation led by the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost he wouldn't resign.
- A White House source on Mr Clinton
We fought the professionals, and even though some did not have enough grace to accept defeat, we fought and got justice.
- Sophia McColgan, the sex abuse victim who went public in a civil action earlier this year, on her nomination for the Young Person of the World for 1998
Your Irish peacekeepers have in 40 years made a difference, lost 76 casualties and saved thousands of lives. You should be proud of them. I am.
- Former BBC war correspondent, Martin Bell (MP)
Frankly I'm in shock. Devastated . . . I had a harsh respect. Big place in my heart. She was a great specimen of physical fitness.
- Terry Crawford, the 1988 US Olympic women's athletics coach, on sprinter Florence Griffith-Joyner (38), who has died
This is not a decommissioning process . . . The unionists have got to wise up on those matters . . . It makes my position untenable if a leader signs up to an agreement with Sinn Fein, then appears to go back on his position.
- Gerry Adams, on the demands by the North's First Minister, David Trimble, for disarmament
What Mr Adams is doing is revealing the extent to which he has failed to carry out his obligations. We all know that the ending of violence was their side of the bargain. They have to deliver.
- Mr Trimble
It's no longer a question of if decommissioning is going to take place, it's a question of when.
- The Northern Secretary, Dr Mo Mowlam
Boers, F--- You.
- Graffito on barricades in the Lesotho capital, Maseru, in defiance of South Africa's military intervention