What they said during long senate debate

MARATHON SENATE DEBATE - THE NOT SO SERIOUS

"If you still want to be here on Easter Friday, on Good Friday, that's fine."

- Special Minister of State Mathias Cormann.

"I'm not purporting this go for (63) hours ... It is true that I do have tickets to Madonna on Sunday night in Sydney and I hear she might be late so I might have more hours than I thought."

- Labor senator Sam Dastyari

"I want to know if I'm going to jail or not."

- Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie asking if she'll be arrested for putting vote 1 on her how-to-vote cards.

"I've actually had one and I was wide awake so I really get this ... I didn't want to wake up with them doctors giving me a surprise."

- Labor senator Glenn Sterle on his colonoscopy.

"I have never seen a political glamour shot go well."

- Labor senator Jacinta Collins on the GQ magazine photo shoot of Greens leader Richard Di Natale.

"Well it wouldn't for you!"

Attorney-General George Brandis's rejoinder to Senator Collins.

"I fart in your general direction."

- Labor senator Doug Cameron, quoting Monty Python.

"The Greens have sold out their principles so they can get 12 green bums on red leather."

- Labor frontbencher Stephen Conroy.