Love
"I invited everyone I love to the launch." — Richard Spehalski, program manager of the US Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on the launch of the Cassini spacecraft carrying 32.5 kg of plutonium — enough to kill hundreds of thousands of people if an accident dispersed it.
Got problems? Tough!
"The new British Labour Party will be about compassion with a hard edge." — British Labour PM Tony Blair.
Called New Labour?
"I want to tell you about a democratic, popular conservatism that listens, and is determined to show it cares." — British Tory leader William Hague.
Now you tell us
"She's never been a great believer in unions." — Geoff Dodd, Democrats national communications officer, on former leader Cheryl Kernot.
How often?
"People living in the bush die younger and more often from preventable diseases than their capital city cousins ..." — Sydney Morning Herald, October 16.
He makes them up
"Pak Harto [President Suharto] always plays according to the rules." — Ismail Hasan Metareum, leader of one of the official "opposition" parties in Indonesia.