QUOTES OF THE WEEK
I know this isn’t easy. I know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves whether America is the country we thought it was. But please listen to me when I say this: America is worth it. It’s up to each and every one of us to keep working to make America better and stronger and fairer. Hillary Clinton reflecting on her election defeat.
Want to know why Trump is going to be your next president? It’s because he is what’s called a ‘winner’. TV’s Piers Morgan’s message to young American voters.
Had a really good conversation tonight with US VP Elect Mike Pence. He certainly knows Ireland and the issues that matter to our people. Taoiseach Enda Kenny on Twitter
There are five stages of grief. I have finally moved out of denial — that took a while — and anger was too exhausting. I am somewhere between bargaining and depression. Writer Lionel Shriver on acclimatising to the prospect of Donald Trump as US President.
The budget is the budget. There isn’t new money magically available to spend. Therefore, anybody making comments on public sector pay has to be conscious of that, and there is also an obligation on them to say where they’d find the money. Health Minister Simon Harris.
I personally think that what these young men need is feminism — because when I’m down in Limerick speaking to lads that I know who are suffering from mental health issues, when I actually speak to them and get to the core of ‘what’s bothering you man?’ What they always say to me is ‘I have nothing to offer a woman’. The fact of the matter is that is a patriarchal attitude that is no longer relevant to us in the 21st Century. Blindboy Boatclub of The Rubberbandits.
I am glad that when I was starting out there was not this trend for six packs in the same way that there is now, because I find the gym so boring. Actors should not be preparing for their roles in a gym. If a muscly body is what you are selling, then it won’t last. Actor Derek Jacobi, 78.
I’m not a recluse but it makes people feel comfortable to call me that I suppose. Kate Bush is not a hermit.
We got them suspended. I don’t think they are coming back, that’s my honest position. I don’t think this particular regime is coming back. Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin speaking about the matter of water charges.