How senior AIB official Jim McNamara characterised a phone call from Bertie Ahern looking for the same information on his bank lodgments as had been given to the Mahon tribunal

Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole? It's a nice way to operate, actually
US vice-president Dick Cheney

City engineers spent most of the day boarding up Donald Trump's hair

US chatshow host David Letterman on New York's hurricane warning

I am a nudist at heart

Actress Helen Mirren

I wanted to have 10 babies, be married to someone with lots of money, do my own dusting and be a happy housewife. But life's not like that, is it?

Actress Liz Dawn, who is retiring from Coronation Street as the legendary Vera Duckworth

You know how people ask, who is the love of my life? God, I hope I haven't met that person yet. That would be sad

Winona Ryder