Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has read more

Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.

The opposition sought to exploit the achievements of the upheaval, so it brokered a deal in Paris in mid-April, which read more

The opposition sought to exploit the achievements of the upheaval, so it brokered a deal in Paris in mid-April, which allowed the Lebanese-Syrian police regime to buy time.

If a ball is hit in the air, you almost expect it to be caught. [And on tough balls] we're read more

If a ball is hit in the air, you almost expect it to be caught. [And on tough balls] we're still expecting them to be caught [as well].

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

You might point out to Howard Davies that he could get no better grounding in the game of hurling than read more

You might point out to Howard Davies that he could get no better grounding in the game of hurling than to check out the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship Q/F featuring Birr against Lusmagh next Saturday evening, with the 'throw-in' at 4:30pm in Banagher. No prizes for guessing who you'll be shouting for.

We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their nature and read more

We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their nature and dispositions; we must risk, nay even injure, our own health in order to be able to preserve or restore that of others.

We think we will really be solid in the infield. Now in the outfield, we've got some new guys, we've read more

We think we will really be solid in the infield. Now in the outfield, we've got some new guys, we've got some young guys and we'll see. But we're bringing back three guys (in the infield) who've played there for three years and a guy who's a junior-college transfer who has experience at the college level.

One thing this [deal] does underscore is that the investment banking business has become a global business in a hurry read more

One thing this [deal] does underscore is that the investment banking business has become a global business in a hurry and if you don't have a strong presence on both sides of the Atlantic you might as well not show up.

I do not consider self-expression as important. It's not important as a method of teaching. And it's not important as read more

I do not consider self-expression as important. It's not important as a method of teaching. And it's not important as an aim of any art branch.