鈥淭hey sit across the table from us and tell us: 鈥榃e have zero, zero, zero.鈥� That鈥檚 a red flag to our bull.鈥�
A senior UN official on Iraq鈥檚 attitude to weapons inspections (The New York Times, 2 December)
鈥淭his book might ruin my career possibilities in Iceland. In a small society like this, you can鈥檛 hide.鈥�
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Science historian Steindor Erlingsson, whose book Our Genes attacks the popular notion that Icelanders鈥� Viking genes hold the key to curing disease and making the country rich. (Associated Press, 2 December)
鈥淭he good work which was gained in the 1980s has been squandered.鈥�
Derek Bodell of the National Aids Trust, commenting on the 25 per cent rise in HIV infection (News of the World, London, 1 December)
鈥淲e are approaching crisis point鈥� albatross are going to become extinct.鈥�
Keith Reid of the British Antarctic Survey, on the threat from long-line fishing to the Amsterdam Albatross population in the Southern Ocean (The Sunday Times, London, 1 December)
鈥淏ond holders will have to take a haircut on this one.鈥�
Gracie Ebadan-Bola of credit rating agency Fitch on the latest rescue package for nuclear power generator British Energy (Reuters, 28 November)
鈥淎 genetic test might tell you to eat more broccoli, but in three years somebody might find that same marker is actually linked to some deadly form of cancer.鈥�
Human Genetics Commission calling for a clampdown on consumer gene tests (The Observer, London, 1 December)