Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘It would be most unjust for the court to imprison these two gentlemen when it seems to me a State agency has led them into error and illegality.’

Judge Martin Nolan, announcing his decision not to jail convicted Anglo bankers Pat Whelan and Willie McAteer and pointing the finger at

Financial Regulator Patrick Neary ‘I’ve had six conversations with Lavrov in the last weeks. The last one was Kafka-esque, it was other planet. Nobody is better at telling you that red is blue and black is white.’

John Kerry, US secretary of state, on dealing with Russian foreign minister

Sergei Lavrov over Ukraine ‘I’m a short, fat, middle-aged man with a broken nose and a bald head. It’s not really Sean Connery, is it?’

Bob Hoskins, actor, who died this

week aged 71 ‘He tried to teach me how to play the guitar and I tried not to kill him.’

Keira Knightley, actress, on her musician husband, James Righton ‘I used to put everything down there – cotton wool, my dad’s socks, the kitchen sink.’

Amanda Holden, Britain’s Got Talent judge, on how she tried to

boost her breast size ‘Cancer is a thing, you can whack it with chemo. It’s a piece of cake in comparison with depression.’

Majella O’Donnell, wife of singer Daniel, on two illnesses with which she

has struggled

‘I wasn’t sure that breaking a limb would be a good idea. I’m a liability on a bike.’

Rosanna Davison, who was there for the launch of a charity Cycle Against Suicide but won’t be taking part in it ‘I think gay couples should marry and suffer just like us heterosexuals.’

Dolly Parton