QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“I would imagine the four life-size figures, sold together as a set, would probably go for €200,000€300,000. Not only are they beautiful and valuable for the material in them, but their history and their current notoriety would create a lot of interest.”
Ian Whyte, of Whyte’s auctioneers, commenting on the future of the statues which have been removed from the front of the Shelbourne Hotel on Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green.
“Huge love too to the brilliant Daisy Edgar-Jones who is woven into the
DNA of this show in a way impossible to separate. The nominations are hers too.” Paul Mescal pays tribute to his Normal People co-star after receiving a nomination for Best Actor in the Emmys.
“I spent 10 years in earnest policy making and the day I take off to talk about the great places to visit on our doorstep is when I get all the attention. I am surprised at how it’s taken off. I’ll have to lie low for a while.”
Richard Bruton said he’s glad people have seen his human side after he posed for a staycation video showing off his impressive physique.
“I was six weeks without any money. I’m €2,100 in arrears, and only for the fact I was back living with my parents during the pandemic, I would have been in serious trouble.”
Musician Ciaran Cooney said he was put “to the pin of his collar” when he lost over €2,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) after being stopped at the airport.
“It’s like handing a baton, it’s like this race we are all running... With Lesley, I feel like I should hand her the cigarette holder that I use as a baton — ‘over to you!’ — she’s going to have a great time with her and I’m chuffed it’s her, she’s a great actress and she will have great fun.”
Helena Bonham Carter speaks about handing over the reins to Lesley Manville when she takes over the role of Princess Margaret in The Crown.
“With Universal MailIn Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” US President Donald Trump floats the idea of a “delay” to November’s presidential election.
“So farewell then, Laminated Book of Dreams, Wipe-Clean Almanac of Aspirations, Sanitised Lexicon of Possibility. I, like so many others, will briefly mourn your passing before instantly kowtowing to our new Touch-Screen Overlords.”
Comedian Bill Bailey pays tribute to the Argos catalogue after the retailer said it would no longer print the publication.
“Here lies a true American patriot who risked his life for the hope and promise of democracy.”
Reverend Raphael Warnock at the funeral of US congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis in Atlanta, Georgia.