Notable Quotes

WHILE most people drink responsibly, those individuals who don’t apply self-control spoil what was supposed to be a good social occasion for everyone. – Chairperson of the Self-Regulating Alcohol Industryy Forum Patricia Hoeksema commenting on excessive drinking at shebeens

WE want to ensure that the new banking system that emerges over the coming years meets all those requirements – and becomes the servant of our economy and society, never its master. – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sharing his ideas on a reformed banking system in the UKI WOULD be lying if I said I haven’t made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably 8 years old and staring into the bathroom mirror. – British actor Kate Winslet who won the Oscar for best actress in the film, ‘The Reader’ REMEMBER, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. – Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) was a Belgian-born, Dutch-raised actress of British and Dutch ancestry.From the history books WOULDN’T it be a beautiful world if just 10 per cent of the people who believe in the power of love would compete with one another to see who could do the most good for the most people? – American boxer Muhammad Ali, known then as Cassius Clay, won the world heavyweight title with a seventh-round knock-out of reigning champion Sonny Liston in Miami on February 25 1964