Noteable Quotes

I CHALLENGE you to contribute to building our nation and its people. – Founding President Sam Nujoma speaking at A Shipena High School in Katutura, encouraging young Namibians to have children and swell the workforce

REST stops are polluted to the extent that no one wants to use them. – Transport Minister Helmut Angula on the Government’s intention to provide public toilets along national roadsTHEN I gave the baby a little whack on the bum, and he gave a quick scream. – Prosecutor Lee-Ann Veldschoen from Klerksdorp, South Africa, who, with a court orderly, delivered a baby on a bench outside her courtI MET this girl I thought was pretty cool, bought a ring, turns out she wasn’t as keen. – Spurned by the woman of his dreams, Anthony Gardiner, a 29-year-old call-centre worker from Wellington, New Zealand is holding a treasure hunt for someone to win the N$25 000 diamond engagement ringI MISS Ronnie a lot, an awful lot. People say it gets better. No, it does not… – Former US First Lady Nancy Reagan, wife of Ronald Reagan, who died in 2004, during a visit to the White House on TuesdayWHEN everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane. – Unknown From the history booksIF we were to promise people nothing better than only revolution, they would scratch their heads and say: ‘Is it not better to have good goulash? – Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet leader. On June 4, 1961, Khrushchev met US President John F Kennedy in Vienna

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