Quotes OF THE WEEK
‘My gut instinct is that the winner is somebody on their holidays. I don’t think any local would be going out spending €12 on a Quick Pick.’
Eamon Barrett, Fine Gael councillor from Bundoran, where the €12m winning lotto ticket was sold on
Wednesday
‘Hello, Manchester!’
Zayn Malik, One Direction singer, greets an audience in Edinburgh ‘Cannot be serious! In office draw for the World Cup, I drew England.’
Martin McGuinness ‘It is the first time I have ever had to explain what soccer is to anybody apart from Victoria.’
David Beckham, on his encounter with tribesmen in the Amazon ‘People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know: I’m never there.’
Dolly Parton ‘There is a very interesting reason why a prince could not turn into a frog. It is statistically too improbable.’
Richard Dawkins, scientist, is concerned that reading children fairytales will encourage them to
believe in the supernatural ‘I am fascinated by the growing science behind the energy of consciousness and its effect on matter, how negativity changes the structure of water.’
Gwyneth Paltrow, actress ‘The first time I went to Wales I thought I had landed in a land of hobbits. Everybody was really small and the houses were small and the writing was backwards.’
David Hasselhoff, actor