I consider this tribunal [a] false tribunal and indictments false indictments. It is illegal, being not appointed by UN General Assembly.
- Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic refusing to enter a plea to war crime charges when he faced the UN tribunal in The Hague
I still find him very cute and likeable. What can I say? He is my hero.
- Ms Mira Markovic, wife of Slobodan Milosevic, quoted in the Croatian media
Sure you can smell the fear around here, can't you?
- Resident of Antrim's Greystone Estate, speaking hours after the murder of Catholic man Ciaran Cummings as he waited for a lift to work
I said all along and I still say it, he is innocent. He could not have done it, no way.
- Mr Tony Bourke, Irish uncle of Barry George who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of the BBC television presenter Jill Dando
I always knew he murdered Jill Dando. He was a nasty man.
- Mr Donal O'Flynn, Irish brother-in-law of Barry George
The compulsory acquisition of farm land by the State for the £5 billion national road-building programme is unjust and inequitable and seriously damages the livelihoods and viability of 8,000 farm families.
- Mr Tom Parlon, IFA president
The tobacco-free initiative is a great idea.
- One of the phrases the Office of Tobacco control wanted snooker stars to say when interviewed by the media at the last Irish Masters' Snooker Tournament, part-sponsored by the Department of Health
I believe this record will give people an understanding of their roots and that we here in Finland respect these roots.
- Finnish professor Simo Parpola on why he recorded the Elvis Presley classic Blue Suede Shoes in the ancient Sumerian language
Very disappointing.
- A spokesman for the RTE Authority on the Government's decision to increase the television licence fee by £14.50 and not £50 as requested by the station
Nobody could believe how timid the authority were at the announcement. Everyone in the station was livid and they should have made that very clear.
- A senior RTE newsroom source
Many of the couples say, I love my sons or daughters but I would like to have a girl because I want to buy little dresses or I want a boy so I can leave my vineyard to my son.
- Mr Harvey Stern, clinical geneticist at a US institute which has used a sperm-sorting machine to allow almost 200 couples choose the sex of their baby
If it happens, it will be the first time that newspapers are prohibited from publishing true information that is legitimately gathered.
- Prof Michael Laver, TCD political science professor, on the banning of opinion polls in the week before polling day
Cyclists would replace cavalry and could be used in considerable numbers.
- An extract from MI5 files released this week showing Eamon de Valera's plans for a bicycle cavalry to help defend Ireland
I can't believe that these people would let this happen again.
- Mr Shane O'Doherty, the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? contestant who was invited back to the programme following a controversial question, and queried the validity of the subsequent question