Notable Quotes

IT should rather be those polluting and damaging that should pay through fines; not everyone through fees. – Coastal resident on Namibia’s coastal area being declared a national park where certain certain fees and permits will apply
 
 PUBLIC engagement enhances the Government’s effectiveness and improves the quality of its decisions.

IT should rather be those polluting and damaging that should pay through fines; not everyone through fees. – Coastal resident on Namibia’s coastal area being declared a national park where certain certain fees and permits will apply

PUBLIC engagement enhances the Government’s effectiveness and improves the quality of its decisions. – President Barack Obama directing agencies to change how they respond to requests for information

SO here is our most important piece of advice: remember who your dad really is. – Former President George W Bush’s daughters, Jenna and Barbara, in a letter to President Barack Obama’s daughters, Sasha (7) and Malia (10) when they moved into the White House last week

THEY always say diamonds are a girl’s best friend. In this case, a plumber is a girl’s best friend. – Plumber Mike Roberts from Waco, Texas after retrieving a woman’s 7-carat U$70 000 (about N$700 000) diamond ring after it fell into a toilet at a city restaurant.

EVERYTHING in Africa bites, but the safari bug is worst of all. – British travel writer Brian Jackman

From the history books
NORMAL is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it. – Ellen DeGeneres, eleven-time Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedienne, television hostess and actress was born on January 26 1958