“It’s like making a cake, then spitting on it.”
Renzo Piano’s lead architect Antonio Belvedere branding the decision to place the tatty monti stalls next to Valletta’s new Parliament building a “shame, I am crying”.
“We grieve for those who were senselessly killed.”
A Corinthia spokesman after terrorists raided its Tripoli hotel, killing 14 people after first setting off a car bomb. No Maltese were injured.
“He first told me to remove my top to weigh me, and then used a stethoscope to examine me.”
A Maltese model who fell for the ruse of a fake Danish doctor who tricked her and two others into undergoing medical examinations, insisting the Maltese courts let him off lightly.
“Nothing less than bigotry.”
Parliamentary Secretary José Herrera insisting Maltese society had a “moral obligation” to help migrants integrate and failure to do so was prejudice.
“A mentality has crept in against taking bold decisions because the reward... is zilch.”
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat deploring civil servants’ attitude to stall decisions by seeking direction, even when this was not needed.
“Greek dignity would nosedive.”
Economics professor Lino Briguglio arguing that if Syriza’s party leader Alexis Tsipras pulled Greece out of the euro the country would be poorer... in every sense.
“I’m very angry and disappointed.”
Rabat petrol station owner Mario Camilleri bemoaning the pressure he faced from his supplier after he decided to pass on his profit margin on diesel to consumers.