"We have not received any (compensation) claims today, but we will consider any such claims if they come out."

Georg Storaker, president of Conoco Phillips China, after apologizing last week for the company's oil leaks in Bohai Bay

"I didn't set out to embarrass the president or not embarrass the president."

Former vice-president Dick Cheney, describing how his new book outlines the sway he held in White House decision-making

"I want you to be confident that Apple is not going to change."

New Apple CEO Tim Cook, speaking to employees after the resignation of Steve Jobs

"The end will only come when he's captured, dead or alive."

Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of the National Transitional Council, who offered rewards for the killing or capture of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi

(China Daily 08/28/2011 page1)