[Concluding a slightly incomprehensible interview on financial affairs] ... remember, PM is not here to give financial advice. Your interest in the programme may go down as well as up.

...and if you want to hear more of that interview, fly to America and watch TV on Sunday night. - June 2003

[Concluding a report about a car accident on Abbey Road, a street which appeared on a Beatles album] ... that was an item about a Zebra crossing|zebra crossing in North London.

[Concluding an item in which a reporter asked random people on the street if throwing buckets of water at people was offensive, and whether he could do so] Moments later he punched her unconscious. [Pause] No, he didn't, don't send us letters.

[Question to the Sudanese ambassador concerning the government's complicit stance towards Janjaweed atrocities in Darfur] Do you have any trouble sleeping at night? [Reply] No, sir. I sleep very well.

[After an article attacking government policy] We asked a minister for an interview - you know the rest.

[On organisations that issue statements on video rather than give interviews] "...makes my TV work look professional."

[Mair was talking to a public figure on the subject of police investigations of allegations of homophobia against Sir Iqbal Sacranie. This person was quite hostile to the police action, and as he was speaking his mobile rang...] Mair: "That'll be the police for you now..."

[Reporter waiting to be arrested on cycle-path (a woman jogger had been arrested and cautioned earlier that week)] "I've been waiting to be arrested all day. I'm disappointed!" [Mair replies] "We're all with you on that one."

[After every single weather report on 'Broadcasting House' (Radio 4), no matter how sunny and hot] "...so do wrap up!"