"I'm very, very concerned that students should be expected to do exams at 5.30 a.m. That's of great concern to me, to expect the best out of young people at that time of day. Five thirty in the morning is not fair to our young people." — Education Minister Randy Horton on early GCSE start times imposed by a British exam board.

"I started to scream and my husband and I were both grabbing the hammer to get it away from him. Then he pulled out a knife, held it up to my husband's throat and said 'if you don't let this hammer go, I'll cut your fingers off'. We jumped out and ran to the main road. I was screaming like crazy." — A 71-year-old woman threatened by a knifeman during a daylight attack outside her Devonshire home.

"This Government is doing what is the right thing for all the people of this country — so telling me that 'I want what I want' is not the best way to maintain a partnership. And no, I don't think that a pot washer should be considered a key employee." — Immigration Minister David Burch hits back at Chamber of Commerce boss Phil Barnett for claiming Government had sent mixed messages on work permit term limits.

"The next thing I knew, I had cahows buzzing around. By 9.30 or 10 o'clock at night I had between six to eight cahows flying overhead, calling from one partner to another. It's exciting. This is all new territory." — Government conservation officer Jeremy Madeiros on the return of the cahow to Nonsuch Island.

"He's my son and like all my children I love them unconditionally. It's an unfortunate situation. It's regrettable and I feel extremely disappointed; however, at the end of the day it is what it is." — Government MP Glenn Blakeney, after his son Jahmel was convicted of possessing more than $5,000 of cannabis with intent to supply.

"Words cannot express how sorry I am. It was never my intention to hurt or injure Sleepy's life. Every word I have spoken about the incident during the trial was true. I am a good person with a good heart. I am truly sorry for what happened." — Andrina Smith, before being sentenced to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of Edward Allan (Sleepy) Dill.

"Jack started getting really aggressive. When I heard the glass break I thought it was a prowler. I didn't smell smoke or hear the crackling. Then Riley was really grabbing my hair. That's when I got up and grabbed a stick and opened the door." — Tracy Bracewell describes how her pet dogs woke her and saved her from a fire which wrecked her Riddell's Bay home.

"Everybody started going 'your husband just won in 1.08, your husband just won', so I knew at that point I had to carry through and finish. The whole time they are going 'oh that's the wife, that's the wife'. Thank goodness the crowds were there." — Ashley Estwanik, one half of the husband and wife couple who won the Bermuda Half-Marathon Derby.