It looked like the aftermath of a car bomb.
- Garda spokesman speaking about the scene of a Co Louth car crash in which three people died last Wednesday
The united and indivisible capital of Israel . . . for all eternity.
- Israeli Prime Minister-elect, Mr Ariel Sharon, talking about Jerusalem
In the wake of the election of the killer Sharon, we are calling for the escalation of the Intifada.
- The Palestinian group Fatah
It's as if Jean Marie Le Pen had become president of France, or Ian Paisley ruled over Northern Ireland.
- Jonathan Freedland, in the Guardian, after Mr Sharon's election
It wasn't a sexual "baby, oh baby, I love your body"-type love.
- Anna Nicole Smith, on her feelings for deceased nonagenarian husband, J. Howard Marshall II
Sex is still a very popular national pastime - thank God. But there is an awful difference between natural sex and sex with sheep.
- Mr Michael Healy-Rae, son of Mr Jackie Healy-Rae
I really think it's corrosive to have this argument about the rich and the poor. It's not worthy of where we are in our development as a country.
- US Treasury Secretary, Mr Paul O'Neill, whose assets are listed at between $68 and $103 million
We had a couple of hours with him on Monday and he was honest enough to admit he didn't know what we were talking about.
- UUP deputy leader, Mr John Taylor, of the new Northern Ireland Secretary, Dr John Reid
I am not seeking revenge on anyone. I am simply seeking the truth because I know I didn't mislead people. I know I didn't lie and I have got to establish that.
- The former Northern Ireland secretary, Mr Peter Mandelson
Certainly there was no gunfire or there was no threat posed to the [British] army at the time they opened fire . . . and I do not think there was any justification for it.
- The retired Bishop of Derry, Dr Edward Daly, at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
I have no opinion. I had no opinion before. I had no opinion at the time. I have no opinion now.
- New York Senator, Mrs Hillary Clinton, on the furore surrounding Bill Clinton's presidential pardon for fugitive financier Marc Rich
Knowing my luck, Fine Gael will be in government for the next 10 years.
- Mr Ivan Yates TD, announcing his intention to retire from politics
I was privileged to chair the convention in 1981 when he was first elected to run for the Dail and it was apparent to me at that convention that this young man would make a major impact in the Dail.
- Mr Jim Mitchell, of his colleague Mr Yates
I'm going to electrify the party.
- Mr Enda Kenny, Fine Gael TD, speaking before the leadership vote
I haven't seen Fine Gael so much mentioned in a long time. At every pub and crossroads, people are discussing the merits of going one way or another. I think that will put us in a jump-off position to win the next election.
- West Cork TD Mr Jim O'Keeffe
I think I have the honeymoon until we play the first game, and then maybe it's over.
- Sven Goran Eriksson, England football coach
Twenty years for 270 murders is less than a month per victim. It's just not right.
- Mr Peter Lowenstein, father of a young American killed in the Lockerbie bombing
The wonder is not that film stars get divorced so much, but that any of them bother getting married at all. Why keep a steak at home when you've got a smorgasbord on location?
- Commentator Julie Burchill
Talent is no excuse for prejudice.
- Peter Tatchell, British gay rights campaigner, of Eminem's anti-gay lyrics