Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘Cancer doesn’t know what it’s up against. Give it hell, John.’ Barack Obama, offering support to former Republican rival, Senator John McCain, 80, who has just been diagnosed with brain cancer ‘You’re Rory McIlroy, what the f *** are you doing?’ JP Fitzgerald, Rory McIlroy’s caddy, intervening on the course to buck the golfer up amid a dire display at the Open ‘This whole BBC salary exposure business is an absolute outrage... I mean how can Chris Evans be on more than me?’ Gary Lineker, tweeting in response to the public outrage after his £1.8m BBC salary was revealed ‘This elderly lady says, “Are you Cillian Murphy?” I say, “Yes, I am,” and she goes, “Your eyes, you know what, they’re not even that blue.”’ Cillian Murphy, actor, on an encounter he had with a stranger in a chipper in Galway ‘The best way to get in sync with a new time zone is whip your shoes and socks off and connect with the earth for 20 to 45 minutes.’ Naomie Harris, actress, offering a strange cure for jetlag ‘I don’t do selfies.’ Francis Brennan, hotelier and TV star, on his strict policy with hotel guests and other members of the public ‘I’ve done my time. I just want to get back to my family.’ O.J. Simpson, on getting parole after nine years in jail ‘I night-eat. In my sleep I don’t want kale. I want sugar – and loads of it.’ Robbie Williams, singer, blames his weight problem on fridge raids while sleepwalking ‘The president is a winner and we’re going to do a lot of winning.’ Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump’s new communications director