QUOTES of the week

‘Youthquake.’ Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year – it means political a significant or social cultural, change influence arising from of young the actions people. or ‘What guy in their right mind agrees to get married on FA Cup Final day? #SchoolboyError.’ Twitter user cannot believe Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are marrying on the same day as football’s showpiece event. ‘Why do so many people with severe asthma become professional cyclists?’ Broadcaster Jeremy Vine after Tour de France winner Chris Froome was found to have double the limit of a legal asthma drug in his system. ‘Am I supposed to be old and haggard?’ Supermodel Karen Elson says people often tell her that she looks good for her age – she is 38. ‘Now is the time for male-friendly spaces, equipped with enormous televisions and reclining chairs, to be set up where men can recover from man flu in safety.’ Dr Kyle Sue, who found that men suffer more from flu because they have weaker immune systems. ‘I don’t have to be very clever.’ Brexit Secretary David Davis – he previously claimed EU negotiations would be the ‘most complicated of all time’. ‘Why don’t Southern Rail guards share Advent calendars? They want to open the doors themselves.’ Christmas cracker joke voted among the best this year by TV channel Gold. ‘Welsh most def initely, foreign possibly, but def initely not English.’ Welsh football chief Jonathan Ford sparks a racism investigation after ruling out an Englishman as his country’s next manager. ‘Twenty-four hours where I don’t see a single person.’ Dame Maggie Smith, when asked to describe her perfect Christmas present.