Noteable Quotes

THOSE people who brought them just put them up there and left. We cannot use them, since there are no holes inside them. – Head of the Omungwelume flood victims’ centre, Eunice Hamutoko, expaining why prefab toilets cannot be used as no pits had been dug

THE scandal and the corruption charge will forever taint the administration and it will forever be compromised. – University of Johannesburg political analyst Adam Habib at the news South African prosecutors had dropped corruption charges against ANC President Jacob Zuma who is expected to become the country’s next head of stateANY human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so. – Doris May Lessing OBE (born 22 October 1919) is a Zimbabwean-British writer. In 2007, she won the Nobel Prize for Literature IF one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. – French poet, writer and statesman Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869)YOU grow up the day you have your first real laugh – at yourself. – Ethel Barrymore (1879 – 1959) was an Academy Award-winning American actress and a member of the famous Barrymore theatrical familyFrom the history booksAIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don’t give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself. – Ryan White, a US teenager whose battle with AIDS promoted public understanding of the disease, died at 18 on April 8 1990