鈥淭hey lived together without fear, for there was no death yet.鈥�
Recorded message at the creationist Museum of Earth History in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, at which Adam and Eve live with a vegetarian Tyrannosaurus rex (The Observer, London, 22 May)
鈥淚t鈥檚 outrageous that experts who should be spending their full time identifying bodies are required to raise money for their work so that families who have lost loved ones can get some closure.鈥�
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Interpol chief Ronald Noble, in Phuket, Thailand, on the lack of international funds to complete the job of identifying tsunami victims (Reuters, 23 May)
鈥淚 thought about joining the police or the army, but that is even more dangerous. There were no more options, so I decided to sell my kidney. I am still a young man, so I want to marry and begin a business.鈥�
Ali Hameed, Iraqi taxi driver, explains how economic desperation in Iraq is fuelling a black market in human organs (The Sunday Telegraph, London, 22 May)
鈥淭he objective of pandemic preparedness can only be damage control. There will be death and destruction.鈥�
Klaus Stohr, the WHO鈥檚 top influenza official, at its annual assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, last week, on the difficulty in detecting and containing a deadly flu strain before it spreads globally (channelnewsasia.com, 19 May)
鈥淚t is just mind-boggling to think that Level 3 sexual offenders can get Viagra.鈥�
US senator Charles Schumer on the Viagra given to 198 sex offenders in New York state over the past five years by the US government鈥檚 Medicaid health service (The Times, London, 24 May)