"The wife should give herself to her husband in silence and with humility. Every woman who derives pleasure from sex will burn in hell."
-A religion teacher in a Polish school, quoted in a report on sexual education in Poland

"The European Union has worse management structures than canary breeder societies."
-Former President Lech Wałęsa, a member of the EU's group of "wise men" pondering the 27-nation bloc's future, in an interview for the Italian press

"It's painful for someone who enjoys a drink. I still get lots of invitations to down one or two among friends."
-Ludwik Dorn, former parliamentary Speaker, confessing that of his erstwhile privileges he misses his chauffeur-driven car most

"In politics, seven years is when 'never' expires."
-Andrzej Olechowski, foreign minister and finance minister in the 1990s-he has refused to rule out running for the presidency, even though seven years ago he declared he would never stand in any election again
Compiled from press reports