QUOTES of the week
‘When the call went out for misfits and weirdos, that was exactly what Downing Street got.’ Tory MP Caroline Nokes after No 10 aide Andrew Sabisky quit over his past comments on eugenics.
‘I hope to God ITV don’t contact her to be on a reality dating show.’ Pop star Lewis Capaldi, as he reveals his hit song Someone You Loved was inspired by his grandmother, not his ex-girlfriend, Love Island contestant Paige Turley.
‘Tributes are paid to Larry Tesler, the computer scientist behind cut, copy and paste, who has died at the age of 74. Tributes are paid to Larry Tesler, the computer scientist behind cut, copy and paste, who has died at the age of 74.’ BBC anchor Simon McCoy’s humorous tribute to the Silicon Valley pioneer.
‘The bow was moving straight towards me. I had to be a bit creative with positioning so I didn’t get hit in the head.’ Surgeon Keyoumars Ashkan, who asked Dagmar Turner to play the violin during surgery to remove her brain tumour.
‘Finally dot it right.’ Actor Orlando Bloom corrects a Morse code tattoo dedicated to his son Flynn – the original omitted a dot, spelling out Frynn instead.
‘It is like a polar bear on a receding piece of ice.’ Former Cabinet Minister Michael Portillo on the tribulations of the BBC amid increasing competition and growing calls for the licence fee to be scrapped.
‘If my questions had been shot from a water pistol at the rock face of a high cliff they would have had more impact.’ Author Steven Levy reveals how Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg went into a bizarre trancelike state during an interview.