“Gaddafi... should make his own decisions.”

EU Commissioner John Dalli when asked if Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should resign, a day after Commission president José Manuel Barroso unequivocally called for his resignation.

“It seems if the shipper puts down the wrong numbers this is taken at face value by Malta and the EU.”

Italian disarmament NGO ReteDisarmo’s director FrancescoVignarca slamming the typing error – €79 million instead of €7.9 million – by Maltese shipping agents in arms’ sale from Italy to Libya.

“Each individual was given the bonus deemed due to him.”

Finance Minister Tonio Fenech confirming that the managers running the government utility bills company ARMS got a bonus for a year that was riddled with complaints.

“Very dangerous manoeuvre.”

Police Assistant Commissioner Josie Brincat on the decision to clamp down on drivers who use Msida’s small flyover as a shortcut into Gżira when this is for Valletta traffic only.

“If it fails then I think I would staysingle.”

DJ Pierre Cordina, who has been married to Mireille for three years, replying to a question on what he would do if his marriage had to break down.

“Not a win for the pockets of Maltese women.”

A director of a leading Maltese insurance company reacting to the European Court of Justice decision outlawing companies’ practice to use gender discrimination in their risk assessment.