The circles that matter
"[ACTU secretary Bill Kelty] still commands respect in many circles and will find among his strongest defenders businessmen such as Lindsay Fox." — Brad Norington, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, September 4.
And broke
"He'll need a tall man, with no ears, who is sane." — US comedian Jay Leno on presidential candidate Ross Perot's search for a vice-presidential candidate who would "balance" his ticket.
Or so they tell him
"It's really me." — US President Bill Clinton, waving from the back of his campaign train to a little girl looking up from her back garden as the train slowly passed.
All power indoors
"Try not to emphasise mass power but aim more for program proposals which can be done indoors." — Indonesian dictator Suharto's order to the armed forces on how to run the country's upcoming election campaign.
Social note
"I would say they're more used as a status symbol than for their performance." — Zeynep Koch, product manager at Toshiba, on expensive laptop computers bought by business executives.
Black holes to come
"The Federal Government is facing possible revenue losses of up to $7 billion over the next 15 years because of what it fears could be widespread abuse of the infrastructure bond tax concession." — Financial Review, September 6.