Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘The good Lord is late. I have the feeling he has forgotten me.’

Sister André, a 118-year-old French nun who has been named the world’s oldest living person after Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman, died aged 119 last week.

‘Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in.’

Elon Musk, the billionaire’s tongue-in-cheek tweet this week following his purchase of Twitter for $44bn.

‘I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.’

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey with some ‘Silicon Valley pap’ following the sale of the company to Musk.

‘When I was young, children were often given Weetabix spread with butter and jam after school.’ Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson – who once gave us a recipe for toast – after 2019 Bake Off contestant Michael Chakraverty revealed on social media that a friend enjoyed the breakfast cereal slathered in butter.

‘While I accept the humiliation you might have felt as a result of these proceedings, there has been no humility.’

UK Judge Deborah Taylor, to former Wimbledon champ Boris Becker before jailing him for two and a half years for hiding millions of pounds in assets and loans following his bankruptcy.

‘I’m may be the last person that doesn’t own a computer... I had a small record label with a guy named Jude Cole. After work I’d say, “You want to get a drink?” and he’d be like, “Oh, man, I’ve got 100 emails to answer”.

Once I heard that,

I never wanted a computer.’

Actor Kiefer Sutherland on

avoiding computers.