cheap talk

Last updated 11:35, Monday, 28 April 2008

“Why don’t I get offered the meaty roles like some of the less talented? I am an icon, remember” – Pamela Anderson, of Baywatch fame“Flags and stickers are for mad people. This flag business is deeply un-British, un-English and (frankly) uncouth” – Commentator and former Tory MP Matthew Parris

“Neil won’t row. When I throw the metaphorical milk bottle at him, he just catches it and puts it down, which is extremely annoying at the time” – Christine Hamilton, on her husband, Neil Hamilton, the former Tory MP

“Perhaps I am more of a celebrity eater than a cook” – Prue Leith of cookery fame

“Botox makes people look older. When you look at women who have had it, you can see fear of ageing in their eyes” – French actress Juliette Binoche

“By all means break up the British Airports Authority. But break up Heathrow first, into smithereens” – Playwright and commentator Keith Waterhouse

“The Democrats have developed an unfortunate reputation for being a party that never misses the opportunity to miss an opportunity” – The BBC’s Gavin Esler, on the US Presidential election

“There is no ‘i’ in team but there is an ‘i’ in winner” – The business motto of Lindi Mngaza, the latest contestant to be kicked off The Apprentice

“Ed Balls is a blithering idiot” – Sir Bernard Ingham on the Schools Secretary