鈥淲e had one girl here who arrived weighing 130 kilograms and had never had a single friend in her life.鈥�
Ute Garnew, director of a summer camp in Germany for TV and computer-addicted teenagers (The Guardian, London, 6 August)
鈥淭his administration looks at the facts and reviews the best available science based on what鈥檚 right for the American people.鈥�
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White House spokesman Scott McClellan on accusations that the Bush administration manipulates science for political ends (New York Times, 7 August)
鈥淚f you are what you eat, it seems that the average consumer consists mostly of thickener, water, salt and sugar.鈥�
The Australian on what new food labelling rules have revealed (12 August)
鈥淏illy Gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!!鈥�
A quote found within the MSBlaster worm, which exploits a loophole in Windows 2000 and XP software (Associated Press, 11 August)
鈥淭he prospect of being in a plane which doesn鈥檛 know if it鈥檚 in the air or on the ground is terrifying.鈥�
Jonathan McMillan, one of the passengers asked by the pilot to put their hands up if they were prepared to fly on a plane with a faulty indicator light (The Times, London, 12 August)
鈥淭he president has no intention of testing nuclear weapons, we have no need to.鈥�
Colin Powell, US Secretary of State (ABC News, 7 August)