CITATION PLEASE

Who said what this week

“It makes a mockery out of DNA tests and its legitimate uses while also dishonouring legitimate tribal governments and their citizens, whose ancestors are well documented and whose heritage is proven.”

A Cherokee Nation statement, in response to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s tests showing some Indigenous DNA

“In rehearsals it worked every time.”

A message from Banksy, in a video clip on his website, explaining that the famous partial shredding of Girl with Balloon was supposed bo be a full shredding

“I’ve been their biggest defender on the floor of the United States Senate. This guy is a wrecking ball. Nothing happens in Saudi Arabia without MBS knowing it.”

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on the U.S. ally, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the aftermath of Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance

“I got to a point where I was actually dreaming mash-ups of the books I was reading. I would wake up in the morning and go, ‘Did that happen?’ ”

Man Booker Prize judge Val McDermid, on having to read 171 books in seven months

“Once he got his clothes back on, he and his girlfriend walked right out of the aquarium despite security staff yelling at him to wait for police.”

Witness Derek Marlow, describing the après-swim of an unclothed man cavorting with sharks at Ripley’s Toronto aquarium

“Big Bird helped me find my purpose.”

Puppeteer Caroll Spinney, retiring at 84 after portraying Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for nearly 50 years