THEY SAID WHAT?
“Portrait of a hungover woman who had cake for breakfast”
- Actress Jessica Biel’s caption to a photograph of herself after partying at the Emmys.
“I’m not going to be pushed away from doing what is necessary to get the right deal for Britain”
- The Prime Minister on the Brexit negotiations.
“It’s time to wake up. We are presiding over an ecological apocalypse and precipitating a mass extinction in our own backyard. But, vitally, it is not too late”
- TV naturalist Chris Packham on
saving endangered wildlife.
“There’s an unseen force which lets birds know when you’ve just washed your car”
- Comedy writer Denis Norden, who has died aged 96. “I refused to wear a padded bra so that was my victory”
- Actress Claire Foy, above, on her new TV role as a woman who is “not lovable, not polite, not pretty”.
“We need to take on these doom-mongers. It is time we got our mojo back and stopped apologising for backing enterprise. We need to talk about freedom and aspiration and success”
- Liz Truss, Chief Secretary to the
Treasury.
“Nice place for a healthy run”
- Health Secretary Matt Hancock on the Great Wall of China.
“I didn’t even believe in God, but I’m going to thank her tonight”
- Actress Thandie Newton after winning an Emmy Award.
“It must be the least impressive sex I have ever had”
- Former porn star Stormy Daniels, describing an enounter with President Trump.