QUOTES OF THE WEEK
You are not a victim here. You are not the victim of any conspiracy. You got a fair trial. You were acquitted but that doesn’t mean your behaviour was right. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to Solidarity TD Paul Murphy in a Dail exchange about the Jobstown protest.
This place is a kip. People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny arguing in the Dail over a bill seeking to legalise medicinal cannabis.
Complaining is forbidden. A sign on the door of Pope Francis’s Vatican apartment.
Even if he didn’t confess, just to leave word with a priest. To say where she was. That’s gone. That hope and that prayer has gone. So that’s how I feel now, empty. But I’m still hopeful. Bernadette Breen, the mother of missing teenager Ciara Breen, speaking to RTE about the death of the chief suspect in her daughter’s murder.
I’m not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, on British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s comment that the EU could “go whistle” if they expected Britain to pay extortionate sums for leaving.
If the impulsive incompetency continues, then eventually, many, many months from now, Republicans will join the impeachment effort. Democrat Representative Brad Sherman, who has filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump. We are seeing what’s going on. They are preventing the new President from fulfilling his campaign promises on many issues: healthcare, other issues, international relations, ties with Russia. We are waiting for the situation to normalise and become more stable. And we aren’t interfering in any way. Russian President Vladimir Putin on President Trump.
You know, you’re in such good shape. Beautiful. US President Donald Trump compliments Brigitte Macron, wife of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on her figure.
I’m a happy drunk, but sometimes I drink to the point where I’m not really thinking very clearly. And one of the bad things about celebrity, there’s a lot of positives, but one of the bad things is everybody wants to have a shot with you. It’s dangerous to go into a regular bar because I can end up doing a lot of shots, depending on the charity of other people. Actor Woody Harrelson.
The Big Butterfly Count is good for you because 15 minutes spent watching butterflies in the summer sunshine is priceless; spending time with butterflies lifts the spirits and reinvigorates that sense of wonder in the natural world. Sir David Attenborough.
Yeah, I’m tired. I’m still limping and sore from this season. I do get recognised and I try to be accommodating but I prefer not to be noticed, to be honest, and disappear. Game of Thrones star Rory McCann, saying he was pleased the show will be ending next year.