QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“The Catholic Church is a family and nobody ever gets struck off... what I would say to a Catholic who voted Yes is this, if you voted Yes knowing and intending that abortion would be the outcome then you should consider coming to confession.” Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran on RTE’s Today with Sean O’Rourke.
“None of us wants to say goodbye to Ana for the last time. We are all numb, confused and very angry and bewildered that such a thing has happened to the most beautiful, caring, kind, strong-willed, crazy, sometimes cheeky but always a loving princess.” The celebrant Padraic Cawley at the funeral of Anastasia Kriegel.
“I’m still alive. I know that sickening feeling when you bury a colleague. I’m sorry you had to go through this, but there was no other way.” Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, whom the Ukrainian Security Services pretended had been shot dead in a bid to thwart what they said was a Kremlin plot to kill him.
“Today I wear orange to remember those who have died, especially in schools, churches and movie theatres — spaces in which I grew up feeling safe but where the current generation cannot. I know Hollywood plays a part in the glamorisation of guns — that is something I am dealing with.” Actress Anne Hathaway takes a stand against gun violence.
“For the first 30 years of The Who’s career, more often than not I couldn’t ever hear myself on stage, the volume was so much. I used to over-sing and all those kinds of things, but thanks to hearing myself maybe for the first time, I could actually use my voice with all the things it’s got in it.” Singer Roger Daltrey, saying that wearing hearing aids helped him improve his voice.
“If we women object to being ogled, how is this any different? Objectification too?” Channel 4 news presenter Cathy Newman on the photograph of shirtless Poldark star Aidan Turner.
“I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.” Actress Kim Cattrall.
“I wanted to be sexy on a massive scale. I wasn’t.” Actor Rupert Everett looks back on his career.
“I don’t rely on my figure to sell records.” Singer Adele.
“If all goes well, the 2018 World Cup will be one of the greatest triumphs of Vladimir Putin’s first 200 years in office. The only risk is that Putin’s ego becomes so gigantically enlarged that he actually pops.” Scottish comic Frankie Boyle makes light of the forthcoming football tournament.
“Men cry all the time now. The whole time, always crying. And they have beards.” Novelist Jilly Cooper.