The year 2007 has flown by - pretty much like every other year. So what were some of the highs and lows of the year that made it what it was? Below are a few quotations that capture the year 2007 in quotes.

"The house has noticed the Prime Minister's remarkable transformation in the past few weeks - from Stalin to Mr Bean."

Vince Cable

"I would like to conclude this ceremony and celebrations with a clear promise. Take it as psychological warfare if you like, but as an honest psychological war. If you (Israelis) are to think of attacking Lebanon, and I do not advise you to do so, should you, O you Zionists, think of declaring war on Lebanon, I will not promise you surprises like the previous ones, but I promise you the Grand Surprise that could change the fate of the war and the fate of the region, God willing."

Hassan Nasrallah, in front of a mass audience in Beirut to mark the first anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war. His speech was broadcast live on Al-Manar TV on August 14th 2007

"Israel would face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights, and as soon as that happens, the state of Israel is finished. The Jewish organisations, which were our power base in America, will be the first to come out against us because they will say they cannot support a state that does not support democracy and equal voting rights for all its residents."

Ehud Olmert discusses Israel's future if there is no two-state solution, in an interview with the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz around the Annapolis talks.

"Why don't you shut up?"

Spain's King Juan Carlos to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez at the Ibero-American summit

"At least 551 government websites are to be cut to make access to information easier for citizens and businesses."

Press release, Cabinet Office

"A win is a win, except of course when it's not a win. Then it's not a win."

Venus Williams, BBC 1

"Obviously, you are judged by results”

Former England football manager Steve McClaren, whose contract was terminated in November after the team failed to qualify for Euro 2008

"I did what I thought was right"

Tony Blair on stepping down as Prime Minister

“The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton. We have to ask ourselves, ‘what is going on here?’”

Former US vice president Al Gore, who, along with the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, won the Nobel Peace Prize in November

"It is impermissible to have compassion with the civilian population of Gaza if that imperils Israeli soldiers"

Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel and the spiritual leader of the settlers, in a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister

"It is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil."

Alan Greenspan, former US Fed Chairman.

"Go hang!"

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's message to Western critics of his regime.

Which quotes from 2007 have caught your attention and marked the year 2007? Let us know by posting them below.

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