"2007 must be a year when overheating in construction is curbed and these major hotel projects put on a phased basis."

– Sen. E.T. Bob Richards wrote in an opinion piece about the dangers of economic over heating.

"Everybody's astonished but it doesn't bother me at all to see the building demolished. It is just a matter of passing interest to me. I have memories of the place, but I am not sentimental at all."

– Andrew Trimingham, 72, as the old Trimingham Bros. building came down on January 8.

When asked if the United Bermuda Party could win the next election former Premier John Swan said:

"I can't give an answer. Twenty-four hours is a long time in politics. It isn't just this issue. Does the UBP have sufficient potential members that the public can look at to form a Cabinet that can perform?"

Larry Marshall Sr. in charge of Bermudians against the draft said in reference to past comments Premier Dr. Ewart Brown has made about master-servant relationships:

"All this from a man who constantly talks about plantation mentality. The closest thing to a plantation in Bermuda is Warwick Camp. Dr. Brown — your credibility just plummeted to an all-time low among young men in this country and especially among young black men."

"There were times when we discussed, seriously, the option of walking away from the pressures of office. But then I looked to the heavens from whence cometh my strength."

– Wayne Furbert in a televised speech a few months before he was replaced as United Bermuda Party leader by Michael Dunkley.

"…the new United Bermuda Party has not yet been conceived, let alone born."

– Gwyneth Rawlins upon her resignation as Chairperson of the United Bermuda Party, and relinquishment of party membership.

"Our Police Service is working, our prosecutors are working and our Courts are working,"

– Governor, Sir John Vereker.

"I am not old… I have just been on the planet for a very long time."

Edna Mae Scott who died on January 26 one month short of her 100th birthday.

"I had no other choice but to bring them back into the burnt building to sleep. But the six-year-old, all she does is cry, cry, cry, because all she dreams is being dropped out of the window. At 9.30 a.m. this morning she awoke screaming."

– A parent speaking after the Leopard's Club Plaza caught fire.

Deaths

Stephen Lee, 20, a member of the Airport Security Police, died in the early hours of January 13 from injuries sustained when his motorbike collided with a van on North Shore, Hamilton Parish, on Friday afternoon. Mr. Lee was one of the youngest members of the close-knit team of 20 at the airport, who help deal with medical and other emergencies. He had been in his job for around 12 months. His supervisor Joanne Burgess described the young man as "intelligent and very nice," and recalled that "you could not stay mad at him".

Edna Mae Scott, a well-known educator passed away one month before her 100th birthday on January 26. Mrs. Scott of Queens Lane, Smith's was remembered by many as one of the best teachers Bermuda ever had. For 18 years Mrs. Scott worked at The Central School, which was renamed the Victor Scott School in 1977 in memory of her husband who was principal of the school for nearly 30 years. Premier, Ewart Brown, said: "To generations of Bermudians, Edna-Mae Scott was an icon of the education profession."