Notable Quotes

THEY should never have been allowed to rot there like this. – Sandy Buchan of the activist group Refugee Action commenting on the removal of over 200 illegal immigrants from a forest camp near Calais in France on Tuesday

A POLITICIAN looks forward only to the next election. A statesman looks forward to the next generation. – Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) was the third President of the United States, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and one of the most influential Founding Fathers THE music player is placed in the pocket to avoid having expensive devices on display or damaging the line of one’s suit. – Thomas Pink, the British shirt brand, is introducing the Commuter Tie with a small pocket on the reverse designed to hold an iPod nano or mp3 playerYOU may experience that your mind spends more time focusing on the fire in your groin than on good sport practice, preparation and sleep. – A secret document advising India’s cricketers, competing in the Champions Cup in SA, that sex can boost their on-field performanceA HALF-TRUTH is a whole lie. – Yiddish proverbFrom the history booksTHE realities of the life of Marcos and Imelda are stranger than fiction. – Former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos. On September 24, 1993, she was convicted of corruption and sentenced to at least 18 years in jail. This year Newsweek listed her as one of the ‘Greediest People of All Time’.