Verbatim

Half my lunch partners these days are doing, in handcuffs, the perp walk, filing for bankruptcy, or ‘exploring new opportunities.’

The cost of one bullet, if the Iraqi people take it on themselves, is substantially less than that.

ARI FLEISCHER,

Let me put it this way: I had only one bullet, and I used it to shoot myself in the foot.

ARI FLEISCHER,

We are just small-time con artists.

LEFTERIS TERZAKIS,

He may have been grey to the world, but he was a very exciting lover

EDWINA CURRIE,

The event in my life that I’m most ashamed of

JOHN MAJOR,

Sources: Times of London, New York Times, Washington Post, Independent, Times of London (2)