"He's become in a very short time a spent force and now people are clamouring for him to be changed because he brings with him far too much baggage such as the BHC issues."

— Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief on calling for the Progressive Labour Party to push out Premier Ewart Brown for being egotistical, autocratic and an electoral liability.

"And I'll go back again!"

— Premier Ewart Brown's response to Opposition MP Louise Jackson launching an attack against him for visiting the Playboy Mansion for a celebrity poker tournament to support Urban Health Institute, a charity founded by his eldest son Kevin.

"You hope this is a bad fairytale that you wake up and hope it will go away and it's just trying to deal with it. As a parent, you always believe your kids will outlive you."

— Rohan Moore, father of slain Rhiana Moore, speaking after her death.

"I am absolutely appalled with the outcome and think that a non-custodial sentence is definitely not enough... it's completely ridiculous and ludicrous. Once again, Bermuda gives a slap on the wrist to people that commit serious offences. What the hell?

— Janai Caldwell on her attacker Sharde Dorika Hassell being handed a suspended sentence instead of immediate jailtime for slashing her face with a bottle May 2007.

"This has just ruined all our lives. First of all my sister sees my brother suffocating to death, and then to find out this has happened, it's absolutely horrendous. It is like something out of a horror film and it has left us all feeling numb. But we are also very angry. All we can think about now is that we want justice for our brother. We need answers and we need the right answers. Where are my brother's body parts, and why were they taken?"

— Marion Bishop, sister of Norman Palmer, on the trauma the family has felt on not knowing why his body parts were taken or who took them.

"I was extremely disappointed by today's action which came totally out of the blue. This is not in the best interests of the students and staff of Whitney and is designed to cause upheaval. The motives are questionable and I wish to assure the students and staff of Whitney that this Government will not permit their futures to be held to ransom like this."

— Former Education Minister Randy Horton on Whitney Institute's Board of Trustees talks of closing the school.