Notable Quotes

THESE media should not allow themselves to be used to propagate hatred and promote public discontent, whose consequences will be too ghastly to contemplate. – Swapo Party Elders Council secretary Kanana Hishoono complaining about the contents of SMS messages in The Namibian and sentiments expressed on radio chat shows 
 THE purple fingers have returned to build Iraq.

THESE media should not allow themselves to be used to propagate hatred and promote public discontent, whose consequences will be too ghastly to contemplate. – Swapo Party Elders Council secretary Kanana Hishoono complaining about the contents of SMS messages in The Namibian and sentiments expressed on radio chat shows
THE purple fingers have returned to build Iraq. – Iraqi Prime Minister Nurial al-Maliki on the recent regional elections and referring to the indelible ink stains on voters’ fingers
SHE couldn’t get her wedding ring off because she hadn’t taken it off in the past 30 years. – Gavin Huart, son of Sheila Huart, from the West Rand, South Africa, where robbers tried to bite off her finger to steal her wedding ring during an armed robbery last Thursday
LAUGHTER and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power. – Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 – 1894), poet, novelist, essayist and physician
TRULY great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. – Unknown
IT is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for. – Irish Proverb
From the history books
IF a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life. – American novelist James Michener was born on February 3 1907

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