Quotations

Sound bites: July - September 2006

Scarlett Johansson is God's answer to Job. God would say: 'I've created a terrifying and horrible universe, but I can also make one of these, so stop complaining'.

Woody Allen, American film director, writer, and actor

Britain is as good a place as any to have a honeymoon, and Birmingham is a charming city.

Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados, on his choice of honeymoon destination

New York is so clean now you could eat your dinner off its streets. I'll do London next, but I'll charge this time.

Boy George, English pop singer and songwriter, after five days cleaning the streets of New York as community service for wasting police time

Yo, Blair. How are you doing?

George W. Bush, American President, speaking after a microphone was left on at the G8 summit

My generation – those of us now entering what I like to call youthful middle age...

Menzies Campbell, British Liberal Democrat politician

If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be a paintbrush.

Dawn French, British comedy actress

We lied morning, noon, and night.

Ferenc Gyurcsany, Hungarian Prime Minister, on a leaked tape that sparked riots in Budapest

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