QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“He had little or no understanding of the devastation to victims. Undoubtedly he had done things behind the scenes to remove offending priests, but when it came to some cases, he mishandled them.” Marie Collins, abuse survivor and campaigner, on the late Cardinal Desmond Connell.
“De Niro and I had been talking about working together for a long time. I’m also 75, so it’s time. It’s a crime picture, from the perspective of a character who is also in his 70s, looking back.” Martin Scorsese, speaking in Dublin last Friday, about his movie, The Irishman.
“I’m not going to make my personal life and my family life an issue in any campaign and I hope and trust that others won’t do either.” Leo Varadkar responding to coverage of the personal lives of candidates aiming to succeed Enda Kenny.
“Ruth is amazing, she is f **king phenomenal and I was over the moon when I heard she had been nominated.” Irish actor Tadhg Murphy, on his former fiancee, Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga.
If Bus Eireann is shut down, rural Ireland is banjaxed.” Bus Eireann driver Mark Fitzgerald on cost-cutting by the bus company.
“I didn’t want babies. I wouldn’t have been a good mom for babies. I don’t have the patience. I have the patience for puppies.” Oprah Winfrey. “It was only actually in my mid-30s that I learnt to smile. I couldn’t smile before that. I thought I looked stupid.” Actress Dame Helen Mirren.
“I was supposed to be very tanned. I had to stand naked in a room and get made up. Every other second somebody was knocking on the door — everybody wanted to watch me get painted from top to bottom.” Veteran actress Ursula Andress on her bikini-clad role in the first Bond film.
“Whether you respect the person who holds the position or not, you respect the office he holds. This wasn’t an endorsement nor a political statement of any kind. It was quite simply a round of golf. Golf was our common ground, nothing else.” Golfer Rory McIlroy responding to criticism of his decision to play a round with US President Donald Trump.
“Someone just came up to me in a restaurant and told me I look like Minnie Driver, but not as tall. I said it was because I am sitting down.” Actress Minnie Driver.
“So long as medically the doc says that I’m not being stupid, I will continue to try to do these last three mountains.” Sir Ranulph Fiennes (72) plans to resume his bid to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents after back problems caused him to abandon his last expedition.
“If David Bowie could be here tonight, he probably wouldn’t be here tonight.” Musical star Michael C Hall at the Brits on the late singer.