QUOTES OF THE WEEK
The one thing that would provoke loyalist paramilitaries is the present Irish Government saying silly things about the border and the constitutional issue. Former Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble.
I am ashamed that a young woman who was a visitor to my home left in a distressed state. This was never my intention and I will always regret the events of that evening. Rugby player Paddy Jackson.
You’re playing with fire and you’ll be sorry. Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya warns Britain over the nerve agent attack.
I woke up over a week ago now and am glad to say my strength is growing daily. I am sure you appreciate that the entire episode is somewhat disorientating, and I hope that you’ll respect my privacy and that of my family during my convalescence. Everyone is recovering, everyone survived... No irreparable harm was done. Yulia Skripal, a victim of the attack.
Congratulations to them. Is she an American child? Are you serious? I didn’t know that. Oh my God, I did not know that. Go, girl! Singer Jennifer Hudson unaware that Meghan Markle was American.
If you’ve never seen an elephant ski, you’ve never been on acid. Comedian Eddie Izzard. It’s been a horrendous marriage. I mean, day by day, we struggle on. She’s difficult and complicated... and absolutely glorious. Actor Jeremy Irons on the 40th anniversary of his marriage to Sinead Cusack.
Oh, don’t believe all that crap. The Prince of Wales when asked on radio if he took his own lavatory seat with him on foreign trips.
We didn’t take a broad enough view of our responsibility. That was a huge mistake. It was my mistake. Life is about learning from your mistakes and working out what you need to do to move forward. When you’re building something like Facebook that is unprecedented in the world there are going to be things you mess up. Mark Zuckerberg insisting he is the right person to head Facebook despite recent problems.
I hate selfies. They’re horrible. They make everyone look ugly because they are shot from an angle right up your nose. What’s wrong with a good old photograph? Selfies should be banned from the planet. Former model Twiggy, who is approaching 70.
I am deeply disappointed, perplexed and dismayed by the ruling. Hollywood legend Dame Olivia de Havilland (101), who is to appeal against a court’s rejection of her claim that a docudrama defamed her by falsely showing her as a hypocrite and a gossip.
Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon. Writer Jilly Cooper.