Words of the week

I MIGHT go and deliver some letters when I get home. – Ian Poulter, nicknamed The Postman, after Europe’s Ryder Cup success.

I WAS holding his hand as he stopped breathing. It wasn’t until he stopped breathing and he was dead that I finally acknowledged that he wasn’t invincible. – Olympic diver Tom Daley on the death of his father aged 40.

I’VE got a newfound fear of briefcases, so if anyone’s got one don’t come near me. – Home Secretary Sajid Javid on the TV drama Bodyguard.

AS one of those children, and standing proud, thank you. – Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey, pays tribute to Barnardo’s which cared for her as a child.

I’M not a stand-up comedian. I am Prime Minister. – Theresa May.

AM I looking that ill? – Ex-Brexit Secretary David Davis’s response when the question of entering the House of Lords was raised.

THE question is not how the Conservatives can be seen as the party of law and order – the question is how do you restore law and order? – Prisons Minister Rory Stewart.

I THINK life is too short to deconstruct Boris’s mental processes. – Political commentator Matthew Parris on the motivations of Boris Johnson, the former Foreign Secretary.

IT’S a mistake to think that the only heroes are white men. – Actress Jodie Whittaker, the first female doctor in Doctor Who.

THEY are making us ignorant, stupid and unhappy. – Broadcaster Michael Buerk, on Facebook, Google and Twitter.

LIVE now. Tomorrow, who knows? – French crooner Charles Aznavour who has died aged 94.

HIS mouth is out of control and I think he is embarrassing the club. – Former Manchester United footballer Paul Scholes on Jose Mourinho, the club’s under-fire manager.

BELIEVE me, I’m not underestimating the enormity of the task ahead. – Zoe Ball on being named the first female host of the Radio 2 Breakfast show.