Bored in the paradise?

˝We live in the south (France) and I have the impression of being in paradise ... and you know what I do there? Absolutely nothing.˝

PARIS, March 5, 2010 (AFP) - Some of the best quotes of the week from around the world:

ONE CAR, TWO DRIVERS

"The Americans need to understand that the China-US relationship is like a car with two drivers. (...) The two drivers must consult with each other to drive the car. Otherwise it will only spin around."

-- Zhao Qizheng, spokesman for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a legislative advisory body.

MY NAME IS BOND

"Except for James Bond (...), most people who work in the intelligence field don't present themselves by their real name."

-- Former Mossad case officer Victor Ostrovsky saying how the Israeli spy agency had used Australian passports for previous operations before last month's hit on a top Hamas commander in Dubai.

LOST IN TRANSLATION

"We met today to sign a 'separation accord' between Syria and Iran, but because of a bad translation we ended up signing an accord on scrapping visas."

-- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad joking about US efforts to persuade Damascus to distance itself from staunch ally Iran.

PRIVATE BUNKER

"Your own nuclear bunker within a plot of land and much original equipment."

-- Sales pitch on the site of online auction house eBay for a Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Britain, which has attracted bids of 19,300 pounds (21,500 euros, 29,000 dollars).

FACEBOOK PHONETICS

"Writing in Arabic is no longer fashionable among the young. They use Roman characters. Arabic today is a sort of 'Facebook Arabic'."

-- Suzanne Talhouk, head of the organisation "Fael Ummer" (Imperative) which is campaigning to preserve Arabic in Lebanon.

SHOW MUST GO ON

"He will remain an active and contributing member of the team, despite what happened."

-- SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment president Jim Atchison in reference to killer whale "Tilikum" who killed his trainer after a show.

WHAT DROP?

"I'm surprised that we sold as many vehicles as we did."

-- Bob Carter, one of Toyota's top US sales executives, after the Japanese automaker posted an 8.7 percent drop in February US sales in the wake of a series of mass recalls.

DESERT WONDERS

"It really sets them apart from the Egyptian pyramids, whose beauty is slightly overshadowed by the tourist crowds."

-- Guillemette Andreu, head of antiquities at Paris' Louvre museum, extolling the charm of the Meroe pyramids in the remote desert of north Sudan.

TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE

"Yes, forgiveness is the main line in our 'club'."

-- Malaysian Archbishop Murphy Pakiam says the Catholic Church will accept an apology from two journalists who spat out a Communion wafer if they publicly apologised for the "desecration".

PARADISE

"With Vanessa and the kids, we live in a sort of little village in the south (of France) and I have the impression of being in paradise ... and you know what I do there? Absolutely nothing."

-- American actor Johnny Depp who lives in the French region of Var with singer Vanessa Paradis and their two children.