QUOTES — who is talking, writing or dribbling?

1. “When you go to the Sistine Chapel with Sophia Loren it can be some time before your thoughts turn to the ceiling.” Which showbiz character who died this year was remembering the good times?

2. “I have no muscles in the top part of my right leg and I have more metal in my leg than the Auckland Harbour bridge. Plus my kidneys are buggered.” Why was this man so angry?

3. “I’m the same as any other media organisation. But in many respects I’m better.”

4. “My view on homo marriage is that the Bible never mentions it, so I’m not against them getting married. As long as the bullet goes through their head the moment they kiss …..”

5. “Remember, this place was built by a man, with man in mind. He gets you. He understands you. Yes, there’s room for your boat. See? Man thinks of everything.”

6. “For crying out loud, if Statoil wants to know what I’m up to, they can follow me on Twitter or just read the Herald.”

7. “Last week was extraordinary. I got 60 invitations to parties and events. The only way this would dry up is if there was a catastrophe — a world-class astronomic catastrophe.”

8. “On behalf of the entire senior staff around you, Mr President, we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that you’ve given us to serve your agenda and the American people.”

9. “We are trying to save a child’s life. We put it on a helicopter, it flies to Starship Hospital, the kidneys are failing, its heart is failing, its lungs are failing — all because we didn’t put a bloody $7.50 meningococcal vaccine into that child’s thigh.”

10. “Right at the moment, this moment in time, it’s like, at the moment she’s Palm Springs. She will be Rancho Mirage, but at the moment she’s Palm Springs. And you know at the end of the day you want to spend the rest of your life with Rancho Mirage, but you want to dream about Palm Springs.” This is the guy who’s dribbling, but what on earth about?