The Ralston Group - 20 June 1991

They [pensioners] have been betrayed Richard Griffin: they've been lied to, cheated and sold down the river!

– Bill Ralston on the National Party's broken promises for Guaranteed Retirement Income

It was like the best sort of dinner party: noisy and gossipy, the guests well informed, well lubricated with lots of opinions and zero inhibition.

– Julie Middleton in The NZ Herald, 6 July 2003

We were probably all a bit witless then. He [Ralston] was refreshing in that he came with a free spirit, and he tried some — for those times — unconventional ways of making television.

– Derek Fox remembers The Ralston Group in the NZ Herald, 6 July 2003

Get a grip on it! I disagree with Trevor and Leighton entirely. I think the scheme's workable, I think it's been sustainable for a long time ... just clean it up a bit.

– Richard Griffin on the ACC scheme

Does this man have a sock and eye-mask fetish?

– North & South editor Robyn Langwell on National MP Philip Burdon's criticism of Air New Zealand