QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“We dug deep to bury our compassion and our mercy. No nuns broke into our homes to take our children — we gave them up. We gave them up because of our morbid and perverse pursuit for respectability.” Taoiseach Enda Kenny on the Tuam babies revelations.
“As the poet laureate Anne Enright says, ‘the dead do not lie’ and we are, all of the people in Ireland, throughout the country and internationally as well, trying to come to terms with what does this actually mean for our country.” Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone.
“I think that Trump continues to believe that the media is insinuating that his presidency is illegitimate. That is not what is going on here. We are just trying to ask questions, we are just trying to do reporting, we are just trying to do our job.” Jeff Zucker, president of CNN, saying he is shocked at the US political establishment’s “silence” over President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media.
“If the president walked across the Potomac, the media would report that he can’t swim.” Sarah Huckabee Sanders ,a spokeswoman for Donald Trump, compares him with Jesus.
“It’s a blessing to be liberated from the chains of other people’s perceptions of you.” Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who says she no longer bothers about what people think of her.
“Waffle, waffle and more waffle.” Michelle O’Neill, leader of Sinn the North, on Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire’s responses at the Stormont crisis talks.
Tragically, four lives have been lost, so today we’re thinking about the families and the friends and the people, the young children, the beautiful young children.” Tanaiste Frances Fitzgerald at the scene of the fatal fire in Clondalkin, Dublin.
“I’ve been too big for mine for years.” Jon Snow, TV news presenter, when asked if he was getting too big for his boots.
“You have to eat life or life will eat you.” Joan Collins.
“Us men are losing ourselves. We are hurtling towards being defunct in this world.” Top chef Heston Blumenthal.
“Our European partners have made clear to me that they want to get on with the negotiations. So do I.” British Prime Minister Theresa May on Brexit.
“I am only into real food. I crave the ordinary. I don’t like 20-course little portions of fancy a la carte nonsense which are cold by the time they reach the table. Give me a ham sandwich any day.” Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White.