Noteable Quotes

THEY gave me an old microphone. It was a cordless one. – Singer Ras Dumisani explaining to SA’s Talk Radio 702 why his rendition of the national anthem at the rugby match between France and the Springboks on Saturday was less than well received

IT was anything but the VIP party we were expecting, they didn’t even give us a glass of water. – An Italian woman among the 200 invited by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to convert to Islam during the recent food summit in RomeTHOSE shootings haven’t just started in last couple of months. Over the last three years the ministry has noticed an increased number of shootings of civilians by police officers. So I don’t think you can attribute those to what is being printed quite sensationally in the media. – Jenny Irish-Quobosheane, the public’s representative in the police department, on police officers killing civiliansWE are not in the business of exchanging love letters, but there are people in the cocoons of police headquarters with ears of destruction who give you wrong information. – SA’s Deputy Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula on the reported tension between him and his boss Police Minister Nathi MthethwaPEOPLE give one another things that can’t be gift wrapped. – South African writer and Nobel Laureate Nadine GordimerELECTIONS are a good deal like marriages. There’s no accounting for anyone’s taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it’s the same with public officials. – Will Rogers (1879 – 1935), was a Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actorTO be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. – Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970), was a British philosopherCORRECTION does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower. – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832), was a German writerLife is simply a cricket match, with temptation as the bowler. – Author UnknownFrom the history booksTO play it safe is not to play. – US film director Robert Altman, one of cinema’s great democratic spirits whose wry appreciation of the idiosyncrasies of human nature suffused such films as ‘MASH,’ ‘McCabe and Mrs. Miller,’ ‘Nashville’ and ‘The Player,’ died on November 20, 2006THE United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being. – Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. On November 21 1949, Libya was granted independence by the UNNO flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris. – American Orville Wright, who with his brother Wilbur, invented and built the world’s first plane. The first flight was on December 17, 1903. On November 22, 1977 the regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe started