Notable Quotes

SO be it. – Ben Katamila, independent candidate in the Okahandja regional by-election after he heard that Swapo planned to expel him

AGAIN Port-au-Prince has become the world capital of sadness and pain. – Post-Scriptum columnist Alfredo Hengari discussing the tragic events in Haiti   

THE new Holiday Inn bed warmers service is a bit like having a giant hot water bottle in your bed. – Holiday Inn spokeswoman Jane Bednall on the proposed service where, if requested, a willing staff-member will dress in an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit before slipping between the sheets to warm the bed to a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius

THERE is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life – happiness, freedom, and peace of mind –  are always attained by giving them to someone else. – General Peyton C. March (1864 – 1955),  was an American soldier and Army Chief of Staff

WE need men who can dream of things that never were. – Quote from President John F Kennedy, who gave the first US presidential news conference to be televised live on January 25, 1961

From the history books
SEVEN social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice. – Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948), was an advocate and pioneer of nonviolent social protest. He led the struggle for India’s independence from British colonial rule. On January 25, 1914 he reached an agreement with the South African Union government over rights of Indian nationals

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