Notable Quotes

SHE would not be a sponger. We would regard her as a good addition. – Nick Griffin, leader of the far right British National Party, on hearing controversial Australian right wing politician was emigrating to Britain

THE scandalous film was the talk of the town. – Russian police said on Tuesday after arresting a prankster, who hacked into a computer system to show a pornographic movie on a giant advertising screen, causing havoc on a busy Moscow thoroughfareA WRITER is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. – Thomas Mann (1875-1955), novelist, Nobel laureateTHERE is no need to throw into jail and detention camps so many of our most intelligent compatriots. It is not only morally questionable, it is a waste, sir. – Kenyan academic Ali Mazrui to Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi in 1985TODAY you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. – Dr Seuss (1904 – 1991), American author and illustrator GIVEN the opportunity, almost everyone in Africa is a capitalist. – American journalist David LambOLD age is no place for sissies. – Bette Davis (1908 – 1989), American actressSOLIDARITY would have had more luck writing letters to Father Christmas. – Beeld letter writer Johan de Klerk in response to the South African trade union Solidarity’s anti-crime letter campaign to President Jacob ZumaFOR this she gets top marks, by contrast [ANC youth leader] Julius Malema is shown to understand as much about markets as he does about woodwork. – Democratic Alliance chief whip Ian Davidson lauding Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu for her stance on nationalisation of minesTHE World Cup is a fantastic event and rather than entertaining complaints about the noise from vuvuzelas, we thought we’d do something positive. We believe all South Africans should get with the World Cup party, embrace it and have fun at the same time. – African Earplug Company spokesman Andrew Chin on the company’s vuvuzela-shaped earplugsWE do understand your trauma, because you don’t have youth organisations like ours… that is why the youth have crossed to the ANC. [ANCYL leader Julius] Malema is the only jewel that we have; he’s the only thing that you don’t have. That is why you are actually crying foul because you’re jealous. – Deputy Police Minister Fikile Mbalula addressing opposition parties in the National AssemblyQUARRELS end, but words once spoken never die. – Sierra Leonean proverbFrom the history booksIT is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. – Andre Gide (1869 – 1951), French novelist, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1947. He died on February 19, 1951WE have an infinite amount to learn both from nature and from each other. – On February 20, 1962 astronaut John Glenn (born 1921) became the first American to orbit EarthWE’RE a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way. – Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918 – 1970) was made president of the short-lived United Arab Republic (which was formed by the joining of Egypt and Syria on February 1, 1958) on February 21, 1958. He was Egypt’s second president