“You are trying to ridicule what I said.”

Finance Minister Tonio Fenech accusing The Times when it asked whether his faith – he had written “Our Lady is very sorrowful Malta is considering divorce” – would influence policies going against Christian morality.

“There are no alleged messages that directly connect natural disasters... with divorce.”

Cenacle Theotokos, the followers of Angelik Caruana – the man who claims to see Our Lady at Borġ in-Nadur, on people’s association between the Virgin Mary’s message and last week’s tremors.

“Shifting it will be like moving the lions in Trafalgar Square.”

Artist Kenneth Zammit Tabona rubbishing plans to relocate the iconic Triton Fountain, a landmark at Valletta’s entrance.

“Every time they have a coffee, they may think of Malta.”

Malta’s High Commissioner to the UK Joseph Zammit Tabona on the Maltese silver coffee pot he chose as a gift for newlyweds Prince William and Kate Middleton.

“The Church has pinched where it hurts.”

Pro-divorce campaigner Deborah Schembri who is without a salary after the Ecclesiastical Tribunal stopped her from practising in the Church’s tribunals.

“I have to see how I’m going to fit them in my jeans pocket.”

Eurovision hopeful Glen Vella trying to see where to put his lucky charms – a photo of his deceased cousin Desmond Vella and holy pictures – when he goes on stage.