Labour leader Eamon Gilmore to the Taoiseach as the Dail resumed on Wednesday

For a long, long time Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, when asked how long he was going to stay in office Unsurprisingly, I never really needed a nickname at school. Although it was bad for me, it was much worse for my sister Ophelia
UK schools minister Ed Balls

I heard somebody say, 'Where is Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas

George W Bush gets it wrong again

I am sure lots of people would love to see me on coke coming out of a club. But I would get better known for being an idiot than for being a musician

Singer KTunstall

I have run out of superlatives to describe sunsets or mountain ranges

TV globetrotter Michael Palin, who says "no more travelling"

It really had not occurred to me that saying it is fine to fake orgasms would cause such a fuss. It's good manners really

Author Fay Weldon