23.01.2013

Notable Quotes

THERE is no law in Namibia that prescribes what length a skirt must be before arrest and prosecution is mandated. – Jacqueline W Asheeke, a columnist for The Namibian condemned the recent arrest of young women in Rundu, based on their attire which was deemed to be ‘inappropriate’ by the police.

THE players have shown their characters, and shown the rest of the world they can play football. – Ethiopia coach Sewnet Bishaw said his team’s 1-1 draw with Zambia is ‘fantastic’ for Ethiopian football.

IT was a classic example of me probably being too much army and not enough prince. – Prince Harry said this after admitting that he let himself down following last year’s nude photo scandal.

From The History Books
BREAK a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole. – Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23 1930), is a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is currently Professor of poetry at the University of Essex. His works include ‘Omeros’.