Don't kick the dog to see if it is still sleeping.
- The Sinn Fein president, Gerry Adams, to a fringe meeting of the British Labour Party, urging an end to calls for IRA decommissioning of its arms
Unfortunately when you are standing up for liberties, sometimes the cost of those liberties can be very high.
- David Jones, spokesman for the Portadown Orange Order, on the death of RUC constable Frank O'Reilly, murdered by a blast bomb thrown by protesting Drumcree Orangemen
I have a very simple solution if this happens. We will inform the UN: "Sorry, we cannot get the volunteers, we have to pull out." I hope, of course, that this situation does not arise.
- The Minister for Defence, Mr Smith, on Army difficulties in raising volunteers for service in Lebanon
[I would] like to say thank you to the gardai and everyone who has been very nice to me. I hope to come back soon.
- Ms Katherina Schneider, the Swiss national who returned to Switzerland after being arrested in the grounds of singer Chris de Burgh's Dalkey, Co Dublin, home.
I'm still prancing around and I feel fine and here are all those people on by-passes and things and they're all dying.
- Tory MP Alan Clark on growing old
We had the RAF on standby and the navy offshore below the horizon.
- Former British prime minister, Sir Edward Heath, on plans to attack the IRA in 1972
What we are talking about is the blind robbery of the taxpayer by the rich.
- Mr Joe Higgins TD on a report in Magill that the AIB's liabilities to the Revenue Commissioners were outstanding to the tune of £86 million.
Whenever people are shown to have been involved in defrauding the State, whether individuals or financial institutions, whenever that happens it must be dealt with.
- The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, on any tax liabilities owed to the State
If he thinks NATO is bluffing, if he is willing to take that risk, all I can do is to convey his views.
- The US special envoy, Richard Holbrooke, talking about his negotiations with the Serb leader, Slobodan Milosevic
Western journalists pay attention only to the big massacres, but the truth is that every village has its own horror story.
- An ethnic Albanian in Kosovo
All I know is that in 1976 a lot of money had come in. I was on the cover of Time and Newsweek and I was broke.
- Bruce Springsteen in the High Court in London. He accuses a British company of pirating his early songs
There is a tremendous amount of concern about falling sperm counts and increases in breast cancer which might result from exposure to oestrogens.
- Prof John Sumptor discussing a report which found chemicals in skin creams and deodorants can have an adverse effect on laboratory animals
Once even one player is taking something then it's a problem, and there's always the chance that one or two are, although I've never seen or heard of the slightest evidence in Irish rugby.
- Irish coach Warren Gatland
I was always convinced of her innocence and I'm sure it must be a great relief to herself and her family and everyone who supported her campaign.
- The Fine Gael MEP, Mary Banotti, on charges being dropped against a Dublin woman, Elaine Moore. Ms Moore was due in court in London on charges of possession of explosives and conspiracy to cause explosions