Noteable Quotes

 

ONE awards ceremony cost the department R1,8m to organise and host, another R600 000 for accommodation and transport, and another R930 000 to advertise. – DA MP Butch Steyn stating South Africa could not afford to continue spending massive amounts of money on advertising campaigns and events after the Department of Human Settlements spent R60m on advertising during the 2008/09 financial year, despite its budget of just R20m

AS wonderful as it is, be cautious of children burying their faces in your beard for a hug. If this happens, use sanitiser in your beard. – Website advice for 200 Father Christmases in the US, who visit sick children, on how to avoid swine flu

NATIONS have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. – American educator Abraham Flexner (1866-1959), devoted his life to the improvement of teaching and research in his country

CORRECTION does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower. – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

LOVE is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back. – Nigerian proverb

From the history books
I FEEL I’m playing consistently and I’m in good form now and I wanted to go when there was still some fire in the belly. – Australian cricketer Steve Waugh, announcing his retirement on November 26, 2003. Cricket’s most successful captain, Waugh was the most capped player in cricket history with 164 test appearances, and the second-highest scorer, with 10 660 runs

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